thin
thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned) (transitive) To make thin or thinner. quotations
THIN definition: having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick. See examples of thin used in a sentence.
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long. A thin cable carries the signal to a computer. James''s face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
At its core, "thin" is an adjective describing something that has a small distance between opposite sides or surfaces. Think of it as the opposite of "thick." But, as we''ll see,
thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply lack of
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