thin meaning
EN
[ˈθɪn] [-ɪn] 
US WThin
- Thin may refer to:
- a lean body shape. (See also: emaciation, underweight)
- Thin (film), an 2006 HBO documentary about eating disorders.
- Thin (web server), a Ruby web-server based on Mongrel.
- NounPLthins
- VerbSGthinsPRthinningPT, PPthinned
- VT To make thin or thinner.
- VI To become thin or thinner.
- To dilute.
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next. Thinning early in the season, while the fruit is small, is ideal.
- VT To make thin or thinner.
- AdjectiveCOMthinnerCOMmore thinSUPthinnestSUPmost thin
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- thin plate of metal
- thin paper
- thin board
- thin covering
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- thin wire
- thin string
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- thin person
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- a thin disguise
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- AdverbCOMthinnerCOMmore thinSUPthinnestSUPmost thin
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
- Giles’s own Rajasthani laal maas is “equally thin and pitiful”, with a cold shank bone protruding from it: and sauce of “rank acidity... a mouthful was all I could bear”.
- His hair was thinning and slicked back, and he could have done with a good shave.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of thin in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "thin" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.