Verb | 1. | thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinner Antonyms: thicken, inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" |
2. | thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" Antonyms: 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" | |
4. | thin - take off weight | |
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" Antonyms: 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"-Shakespeare Synonyms: lean Antonyms: fat - having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" | |
3. | thin - very narrow; "a thin line across the page" Synonyms: slender | |
4. | thin - having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" | |
5. | thin - not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" Synonyms: sparse | |
6. | 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" Antonyms: thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" | |
7. | thin - (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" Antonyms: full - (of sound) having marked depth and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" | |
8. | thin - lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile" | |
Adv. | 1. | thin - without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" Synonyms: thinly |