Category:Thin

Thin, a. [compar. Thiner; superl. Thinest.] Etym: [oe. thinne, Thenne, thunne, as. þynne; akin to d. dun, g. dünn, ohg. dunni, icel. Þunnr, sw. tunn, dan. tynd, gael. & ir. tana, w. teneu, l. tenuis, Gr. tanu thin, slender; also to as. to extend, g. dehnen, icel. , Goth. (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere to hold, gr. tan. *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.

2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; As, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. Shak. In the day, when the air is more thin. Bacon. Satan, bowing low his gray dissimulation, disappeared, into thin air Diffused. Milton.

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. Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. Addison.

4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. Seven thin ears. . . blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 6.

5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin By disease.

6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams. Dryden.

7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or Force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a Thin disguise. My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. Chaucer.

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. Thin section. See under section.

Thin Thin, adv.

Defn: not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown Thin. Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon.

Thin Thin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinning.] Etym: [cf. As. geþynnian.]

Defn: to make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Thin Thin, v. i.

Defn: 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.