thin

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. Source: opted

2. superl. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. superl. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. Source: opted

5. superl. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. Source: opted

6. superl. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. Source: opted

7. superl. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. Source: opted

8. adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. Source: opted

9. v. t. To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). Source: opted

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. Source: opted

11. adj. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section Source: wordnet

12. adj. lacking excess flesh Source: wordnet

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