Thin

/ˈθɪn/ · adjective

Meaning

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
6. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

Example Sentences

thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering

It was no mystery at all, or a mystery covered only with the thinnest and most transparent veil, that forced abortion is a common practice among Turkish women. The horrible secret as to the means and the drugs to be employed is pretty generally known, and where ignorance prevails there are "wise women," old hags, professional abortists, who go about the country relieving matrons of their burthens for a few piastres apiece […]

Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.

The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail. […] This makes it the thinnest unsupported gold ever created and it could be used in electronics and medical devices going forward. The gold is made up of two layers of atoms stacked on top of each other. But don’t let the thin structure fool you.

thin wire; thin string

Typically, osteoporosis causes the amount of trabecular bone to be reduced and the bone to become thinner, while the intertrabecular space enlarges and the interconnected structure of trabecular bone is disrupted.

thin person

Water is thinner than honey.

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• thinner
• thinnest
• thins
• thinning
• thinned
• more thin
• most thin

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