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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thin \Thin\, a. [Compar. {Thiner}; superl. {Thinest}.] [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. [thorn]ynne; akin to D. dun, G. d["u]nn, OHG. dunni, Icel. [thorn]unnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. ? (in comp.) stretched out, ? stretched, stretched out, long, Skr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. ?enian to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. ?enja, Goth. ?anjan (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere to hold, Gr. ? to stretch, Skr. tan. [root]51 & 237. Cf. {Attenuate}, {Dance}, {Tempt}, {Tenable}, {Tend} to move, {Tenous}, {Thunder}, {Tone}.] 1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering. [1913 Webster] 2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. --Shak. [1913 Webster] In the day, when the air is more thin. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Satan, bowing low His gray dissimulation, disappeared, Into thin air diffused. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin. [1913 Webster] Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. [1913 Webster] Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind. --Gen. xli. 6. [1913 Webster] 5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. [1913 Webster] 6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. [1913 Webster] Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. [1913 Webster] My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Note: Thin is used in the formation of compounds which are mostly self-explaining; as, thin-faced, thin-lipped, thin-peopled, thin-shelled, and the like. [1913 Webster] {Thin section}. See under {Section}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thin \Thin\, adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. [1913 Webster] Spain is thin sown of people. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thinning}.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thin \Thin\, v. i. To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: thin adv 1: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: {thinly}, {thin}] [ant: {thick}, {thickly}] adj 1: 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" [ant: {thick}] 2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn: {thin}, {lean}] [ant: {fat}] 3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: {slender}, {thin}] 4: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: {sparse}, {thin}] 5: 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" [ant: {thick}] 6: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" [ant: {full}] 7: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile" 8: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: {flimsy}, {fragile}, {slight}, {tenuous}, {thin}] v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: {inspissate}, {thicken}] 2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: {inspissate}, {thicken}] 3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: {dilute}, {thin}, {thin out}, {reduce}, {cut}] 4: take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight}, {slim}, {slenderize}, {thin}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain}, {put on}]