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| Thin |
| [Compar.
Thiner (?); superl. Thinest.] [OE.
thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin
to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel.
[uCo |
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.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids
or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin
air.
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.
Not full or well grown; wanting in
plumpness.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a
person becomes thin by disease.
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not
full.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting
substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a
covering; as, a thin disguise.
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Not thickly or closely; in a
seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
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To make thin (in any of the senses
of the adjective).
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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.
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