5 definitions found 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thin 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: {lean}] [ant: {fat}] 3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: {slender}] 4: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" [syn: {flimsy}, {slight}, {tenuous}] 5: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: {sparse}] 6: 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}] 7: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" [ant: {full}] 8: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile" adv : without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: {thinly}] [ant: {thickly}] v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: {thicken}] 2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: {thicken}] 3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: {dilute}, {thin out}, {reduce}, {cut}] 4: take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight}, {slim}, {slenderize}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain}] [also: {thinning}, {thinned}, {thinnest}, {thinner}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thinned adj : mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: {cut}, {weakened}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thinned See {thin} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "thinned": adulterated, airy, attenuate, attenuated, cut, dilute, diluted, ethereal, fine, flimsy, gaseous, insubstantial, rare, rarefied, reduced, slight, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, thinned-out, uncompact, uncompressed, unsubstantial, vaporous, watered, watered-down, windy
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