thin (
http://definr.com/thin)
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:
lean] [ant:
fat]
3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn:
slender]
4: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn:
flimsy,
slight,
tenuous]
5: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn:
sparse]
6: 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]
7: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
[ant:
full]
8: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
adv : without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn:
thinly]
[ant:
thickly]
v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant:
thicken]
2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant:
thicken]
3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn:
dilute,
thin out,
reduce,
cut]
4: take off weight [syn:
reduce,
melt off,
lose weight,
slim,
slenderize,
slim down] [ant:
gain]