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Definition thin
Etymology
From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English žynne, from Proto-Germanic *žunnuz (“thin”) – compare *žanjan? (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh?us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Danish tynd (“thin”), Dutch dun (“thin”), Elfdalian tunn (“thin”), Faroese tunnur (“thin”), German dünn (“thin”), Icelandic žunnur (“thin”), Luxembourgish dėnn (“thin”), Norwegian tynn (“thin”), Swedish tunn (“thin”), Vilamovian dynn (“thin”), West Frisian tin (“thin”). Related to Breton tanav (“thin”), Cornish tanow (“thin”), Irish tanaķ (“thin”), Latin tenuis (“thin”), Latvian tievs (“thin”), Manx thanney (“thin”), Persian ??? (tang, “narrow”) Sanskrit ??? (tanś, “thin”) Scottish Gaelic tana (“thin”), Welsh tenau (“thin”). Also related to tenuous.
Adjective
thin (comparative thinner, superlative thinnest)
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
Noun
thin (plural thins)
- (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
- Any food produced or served in thin slices.
Verb
thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned)
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- To dilute.
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
Adverb
thin (comparative more thin, superlative most thin)
- Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
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