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T0166000 (thĭn)adj. thin·ner, thin·nest 1. a. Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension: a thin book.b. Not great in diameter or cross section; fine: thin wire.2. Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.3. a. Not dense or concentrated; sparse: the thin vegetation of the plateau.b. More rarefied than normal: thin air.4. a. Flowing with relative ease; not viscous: a thin oil.b. Watery: thin soup.5. a. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty: a thin menu.b. Having a low number of transactions: thin trading in the stock market.6. Lacking force or substance; flimsy: a thin attempt.7. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny: The piano had a thin sound.8. Lacking radiance or intensity: thin light.9. Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.adv.1. In a thin manner: Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle.2. So as to be thin: Cut the cheese thin.tr. & intr.v. thinned, thin·ning, thins To make or become thin or thinner.

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[Middle English, from Old English thynne; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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thin′ly adv.thin′ness n.thin′nish adj.

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(θɪn) adj, thinner or thinnest1. of relatively small extent from one side or surface to the other; fine or narrow2. slim or lean3. sparsely placed; meagre: thin hair. 4. of relatively low density or viscosity: a thin liquid. 5. weak; poor; insufficient: a thin disguise. 6. (Photography) (of a photographic negative) having low density, usually insufficient to produce a satisfactory positive7. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a climb or pitch on which the holds are few and small8. thin on the ground few in number; scarceadvin order to produce something thin: to cut bread thin. vb, thins, thinning or thinnedto make or become thin or sparse[Old English thynne; related to Old Frisian thenne, Old Saxon, Old High German thunni, Old Norse thunnr, Latin tenuis thin, Greek teinein to stretch] ˈthinly adv ˈthinness n

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adj. thin•ner, thin•nest, adj. 1. having relatively little extent from one surface to the opposite: thin ice. 2. of small cross section in comparison with the length: a thin wire. 3. having little flesh; lean: a thin man. 4. composed of objects widely separated; sparse: thin vegetation. 5. scant. 6. of relatively slight consistency: thin soup. 7. rarefied, as air. 8. lacking solidity; flimsy: a thin excuse. 9. lacking volume; weak and shrill: a thin voice. 10. lacking force or a sincere effort: a thin smile. 11. lacking body or richness: a thin wine. 12. of light tint. 13. (of a photographic negative) lacking in contrast through underdevelopment or underexposure. adv. 14. in a thin manner. 15. sparsely; not densely. 16. so as to produce something thin: ham sliced thin. v.t. 17. to make thin or thinner (often fol. by down or out). v.i. 18. to become reduced or diminished (often fol. by down, out, or off): The crowd thinned out. [before 900; Middle English thyn(ne), Old English thynne, c. Old Frisian thenne] thin′ly, adv. thin′ness, n.

thin

Past participle: thinned
Gerund: thinning

Imperative
thin
thin

Present
I thin
you thin
he/she/it thins
we thin
you thin
they thin

Preterite
I thinned
you thinned
he/she/it thinned
we thinned
you thinned
they thinned

Present Continuous
I am thinning
you are thinning
he/she/it is thinning
we are thinning
you are thinning
they are thinning

Present Perfect
I have thinned
you have thinned
he/she/it has thinned
we have thinned
you have thinned
they have thinned

Past Continuous
I was thinning
you were thinning
he/she/it was thinning
we were thinning
you were thinning
they were thinning

Past Perfect
I had thinned
you had thinned
he/she/it had thinned
we had thinned
you had thinned
they had thinned

Future
I will thin
you will thin
he/she/it will thin
we will thin
you will thin
they will thin

Future Perfect
I will have thinned
you will have thinned
he/she/it will have thinned
we will have thinned
you will have thinned
they will have thinned

Future Continuous
I will be thinning
you will be thinning
he/she/it will be thinning
we will be thinning
you will be thinning
they will be thinning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been thinning
you have been thinning
he/she/it has been thinning
we have been thinning
you have been thinning
they have been thinning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been thinning
you will have been thinning
he/she/it will have been thinning
we will have been thinning
you will have been thinning
they will have been thinning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been thinning
you had been thinning
he/she/it had been thinning
we had been thinning
you had been thinning
they had been thinning

Conditional
I would thin
you would thin
he/she/it would thin
we would thin
you would thin
they would thin

Past Conditional
I would have thinned
you would have thinned
he/she/it would have thinned
we would have thinned
you would have thinned
they would have thinned

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinnerchange state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"thicken, inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
	2.	thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"draw - reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire"thicken, inspissate - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
	3.	thin - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"dilute, thin out, reduce, cutweaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"water down - make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture"
	4.	thin - take off weight lose weight, melt off, slim, slim down, slenderize, reducesweat off - lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
Adj.	1.	thin - 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"lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespearenarrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
	2.	thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeareleanectomorphic - having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbsthin - 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"fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
	3.	thin - very narrow; "a thin line across the page"slendernarrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
	4.	thin - not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"sparsedistributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up
	5.	thin - 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"thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
	6.	thin - (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
	7.	thin - lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism"
	8.	thin - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"slight, tenuous, flimsy, fragileunimportant, insignificant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force
Adv.	1.	thin - without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"thinly

thin

adjective1. narrow, fine, attenuate, attenuated, threadlike A thin cable carries the signal to a computer.
narrow thick, heavy, bulky2. slim, spare, lean, slight, slender, skinny, light, meagre, skeletal, bony, lanky, emaciated, spindly, underweight, scrawny, lank, undernourished, skin and bone, scraggy, thin as a rake a tall, thin man with grey hair
slim heavy, fat, stout, bulky, obese, corpulent3. wafer-thin, paper-thin, papery The recipe makes about 5 dozen thin biscuits.4. watery, weak, diluted, dilute, runny, rarefied, wishy-washy (informal) The soup was thin and clear.
watery strong, concentrated, thick, dense, viscous5. meagre, sparse, scanty, poor, scattered, inadequate, insufficient, deficient, paltry The crowd had been thin for the first half of the match.
meagre adequate, abundant, plentiful, profuse6. fine, delicate, flimsy, sheer, transparent, see-through, translucent, skimpy, gossamer, diaphanous, filmy, unsubstantial Her gown was thin and she shivered from the cold.
fine heavy, thick, substantial, dense, bulky, strong7. unconvincing, inadequate, feeble, poor, weak, slight, shallow, insufficient, superficial, lame, scant, flimsy, scanty, unsubstantial The evidence is thin, and to some extent, ambiguous.
unconvincing strong, convincing, substantial, adequate8. weak, faint, feeble, small, low, soft, high-pitched, reedy Her thin voice rose high in complaint.9. wispy, thinning, sparse, scarce, scanty She had pale thin yellow hair.verb1. prune, trim, cut back, weed out It would have been better to thin the trees over several winters.2. dilute, water down, weaken, attenuate Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily.

thin

adjective1. Having little flesh or fat on the body:angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, twiggy, weedy.Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.2. Marked by great diffusion of component particles:rare, rarefied.3. Lower than normal in strength or concentration due to admixture:dilute, washy, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak.4. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent:exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy.Slang: measly.5. Not plausible or believable:flimsy, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, shaky, unbelievable, unconceivable, unconvincing, unsubstantial, weak.verb1. To make physically thin or thinner:slim.Archaic: extenuate.2. To become diffuse:attenuate, rarefy.3. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture:attenuate, cut, dilute, water (down), weaken.

Translations

瘦的薄的难以信服的稀疏的稀的

thin

(θin) adjective1. having a short distance between opposite sides. thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin. 薄的 薄的2. (of people or animals) not fat. She looks thin since her illness. 瘦的 瘦的3. (of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water. thin soup. 稀的，淡的 稀的，淡的 4. not set closely together; not dense or crowded. His hair is getting rather thin. 稀疏的 稀疏的5. not convincing or believable. a thin excuse. 難以信服的、淺薄的 难以信服的，浅薄的 verb – past tense, past participle thinned – to make or become thin or thinner. The crowd thinned after the parade was over. 使稀疏 使稀疏ˈthinly adverb 稀疏地 稀疏地ˈthinness noun 細, 瘦, 稀疏 细，瘦，稀疏 thin air nowhere. He disappeared into thin air. 消失 消失ˌthin-ˈskinned adjective sensitive; easily hurt or upset. Be careful what you say – she's very thin-skinned. 敏感的，易怒的 敏感的，易怒的 thin out to make or become less dense or crowded. The trees thinned out near the river. 使稀疏 使稀疏

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