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KK Pronunciation
〔 θIn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 θin 〕
Overview of verb thin
The verb thin has 4 senses
- thin -- (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)
- thin -- (make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution")
- dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut -- (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon")
- reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down -- (take off weight)
Overview of adj thin
The adj thin has 8 senses
- thin -- (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint")
- thin, lean -- (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare)
- slender, thin -- (very narrow; "a thin line across the page")
- sparse, thin -- (not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse")
- thin -- (relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil")
- thin -- ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry")
- thin -- (lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile")
- flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin -- (lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame")
Overview of adv thin
The adv thin has 1 sense
- thinly, thin -- (without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin")