Thesaurus: thin

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1. superl. 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. superl. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
3. superl. 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.
4. superl. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
5. superl. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
6. superl. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
7. superl. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
8. adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
9. v. t. To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
10. 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.
11. adj. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
12. adj. lacking excess flesh