thin

  • (noun): A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
  • (noun): Any food produced or served in thin slices.
  • (verb): To make thin or thinner.
  • (verb): To become thin or thinner.
  • (verb): To dilute.
  • (verb): To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
  • (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  • (adjective): Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  • (adjective): Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  • (adjective): Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
  • (adjective): Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  • (adjective): Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
  • (adjective): Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  • (adjective): Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  • (adverb): Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
  • chocolate mint thins
  • The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
  • thin plate of metal;  thin paper;  thin board;  thin covering
  • thin wire;  thin string
  • thin person