Thin - Definition

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]