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