What does thin mean?
Definitions for thin
θɪnthin
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word thin.
Princeton's WordNet
thinadjective
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"
thin, leanadjective
lacking excess flesh
"you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
slender, thinadjective
very narrow
"a thin line across the page"
sparse, thinadjective
not dense
"a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
thinadjective
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"
thinadjective
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume
"a thin feeble cry"
thinadjective
lacking spirit or sincere effort
"a thin smile"
flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinverb
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
thinverb
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
thinverb
make thin or thinner
"Thin the solution"
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cutverb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim downadverb
take off weight
thinly, thinadverb
without viscosity
"the blood was flowing thin"
Wiktionary
thinnoun
a loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
thinverb
To make thin or thinner
thinverb
To become thin or thinner
thinverb
To dilute
thinverb
To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining
thinadjective
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
thinadjective
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
thinadjective
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
thin person
thinadjective
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
thinadjective
Scarce.
thinadjective
Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Etymology: thin, from þynne, from þunnuz, (compare þanjanan), from ténh₂us, from tenw(ə)-.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
THINadjective
Etymology: ðinn , Saxon; thunnur, Islandick; dunn, Dutch.
Beat gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires. Exod.
The hope of the ungodly is like thin froth, that is blown away with the wind. Wisd. v. 14.
In the day when the air is more thin, the sound pierceth better; but when the air is more thick, as in the night, the sound spendeth and spreadeth abroad less. Francis Bacon.
Understand the same
Of fish within their wat’ry residence;
Not hither summon’d, since they cannot change
Their element, to draw the thinner air. John Milton.The waters of Boristhenes are so thin and light, that they swim upon the top of the stream of the river Hypanis. More.
To warm new milk pour any alkali, the liquor will remain at rest, though it appear somewhat thinner. Arbuthnot.
He pleas’d the thin and bashful audience
Of our well-meaning, frugal ancestors. Wentworth Dillon.Thou art weak, and full of art is he;
Else how could he that host seduce to sin,
Whose fall has left the heav’nly nation thin? Dryden.Northward, beyond the mountains we will go,
Where rocks lie cover’d with eternal snow,
Thin herbage in the plains, and fruitless fields,
The sand no gold, the mine no silver yields. Dryden.Thin on the tow’rs they stand; and ev’n those few,
A feeble, fainting, and dejected crew. Dryden.Already Cæsar
Has ravag’d more than half the globe; and sees
Mankind grown thin by his destructive sword. Addison.Seven thin ears blasted with the east wind sprung up. Gen.
Remove the swelling epithets, thick laid
As varnish on a harlot’s cheek; the rest
Thin sown with ought of profit or delight. John Milton.Thin leaved arbute hazle-graffs receives,
And planes huge apples bear that bore but leaves. Dryden.I hear the groans of ghosts;
Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams. Dryden.Spain is thin sown of people, by reason of the sterility of the soil and the natives being exhausted in such vast territories as they possess. Francis Bacon.
Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. Addison.
A slim thin gutted fox made a hard shift to wriggle his body into a hen-roost, and when he had stuffed his guts well, the hole was too little to get out again. Roger L'Estrange.
Thinadverb
Not thickly.
Fame is the spur, that the clear spirit doth raise,
That last infirmity of noble mind,
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind fury with th’ abhorred sheers,
And slits the thin spun life. John Milton.A country gentlewoman, if it be like to rain, goes not abroad thin clad. John Locke.
To Thinverb
Etymology: from the adjective.
The serum of the blood is neither acid nor alkaline: oil of vitriol thickens, and oil of tartar thins it a little. Arbuthnot.
The bill against root and branch never passed till both houses were sufficiently thinned and overawed. Charles I .
T’ unload the branches, or the leaves to thin
That suck the vital moisture of the vine. Dryden.’Tis Cæsar’s sword has made Rome’s senate little,
And thinn’d its ranks. Joseph Addison, Cato.The vapours by the solar heat
Thinn’d and exhal’d rise to their airy seat. Richard Blackmore.
ChatGPT
thin
Thin generally refers to something that has a small or narrow thickness or diameter in relation to its length or width. It can define an object, person, or substance with little thickness, or it could signify scarcity or insufficiency in terms of content, quality, or quantity. In physical appearance, it can denote slim or slender shape or features. The term can also be used metaphorically in various contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Thin
having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering
Thin
rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air
Thin
not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin
Thin
not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness
Thin
not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease
Thin
wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full
Thin
slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise
Thinadverb
not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin
Thinverb
to make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective)
Thinverb
to grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear
Wikidata
Thin
The 2006 cinéma vérité documentary film, Thin, directed by Lauren Greenfield and distributed by HBO, is an exploration of The Renfrew Center in Coconut Creek, Florida; a 40-bed residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. The film mostly revolves around four women with anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia and their struggles for recovery. It premiered on HBO on November 14th 2006. THIN is the centerpiece of a multi-faceted campaign designed to explore issues surrounding body image and eating disorders, including a companion book, traveling exhibition of Greenfield's work and a website. Having already shot photographs at Renfrew for her book Girl Culture, Greenfield returned to the facility to direct THIN, her directorial debut, which she produced in collaboration with producer R.J. Cutler. Living at the center for six months, Greenfield and director of photography Amanda Micheli received unrestricted access, filming not just the therapy sessions, mealtimes and daily weigh-ins that construct the highly structured routine of inpatients' daily lives, but also exploring their turbulent interpersonal relationships with each other, with family and with staff. Access to staff meetings allows us insight into the efforts of the Renfrew medical team and the complex tasks facing them.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Thin
thin, adj. having little thickness: slim: lean: freely mobile: small: fine: not close or crowded: transparent, flimsy, shallow: not full or well grown, meagre, weak.—adv. not thickly or closely: in a scattered state.—v.t. to make thin: to make less close or crowded (with away, out, &c.): to make rare or less thick or dense.—v.i. to grow or become thin:—pr.p. thin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. thinned.—adj. Thin′-faced (Shak.), having a thin face.—adv. Thin′ly.—n. Thin′ness.—adjs. Thin′nish, somewhat thin; Thin′-skinned, having a thin skin: sensitive: irritable.—n. Thin′-skinned′ness. [A.S. thynne; Ice. thunnr, Ger. dünn.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
THIN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Thin is ranked #94730 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Thin surname appeared 193 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Thin.
92.2% or 178 total occurrences were Asian.
3.1% or 6 total occurrences were White.
2.5% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'thin' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2041
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'thin' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2643
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'thin' in Adjectives Frequency: #244
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thin in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of thin in a Sentence
Just to clear something up. I wasn't ever miserable because I had to be thin, i said I was miserable as a result I became thin.
I think my perception is that people's patience was running thin and that the community as a whole was looking for some resolution and to have these people leave.
First they created a precedent out of thin air claiming that there could be no Supreme Court confirmations during a presidential year, then just days before the 2020 presidential election, they broke their own rule … in order to confirm Amy Coney Barrett.
When we find a Planet B, I want it to be a true Earth twin, a planet orbiting a sun-like star and the Earth-like orbit that has a thin atmosphere and oceans and continents.
Japanese have extremely low gestational weight gain among thin and normal BMI women, which explains why birthweight is low even compared to other east Asians who also generally tend to be thin like Japanese.
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Translations for thin
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- رقيق, رفيعArabic
- нәҙек, йоҡа, шыйыҡ, һирәк, ябыҡBashkir
- то́нкіBelarusian
- тъ̀нъкBulgarian
- aprimar-se, aprimarCatalan, Valencian
- řídký, tenkýCzech
- tenauWelsh
- fortyndeDanish
- dünn, schlankGerman
- ψιλός, λεπτός, αραιός, αδύνατος, σπάνιοςGreek
- maldikaEsperanto
- entresacar, flaco, fino, adelgazar, delgado, diluirSpanish
- نازک, لاغر, رقیق, تنک, باریک, شلPersian
- laimentua, ohut, hoikka, laimentaa, vähälukuinen, solakka, niukka, oheta, harva, laiha, ohentua, harventaa, ohentaaFinnish
- smalur, tunnur, mjáur, klænurFaroese
- mince, maigreFrench
- caol, tanaí, séimhighIrish
- lomScottish Gaelic
- thanney, feiosagh, shang, keyl, goanManx
- רָזֶהHebrew
- पतलाHindi
- híg, vékonyHungarian
- նոսր, նիհար, բարակ, ջրիկArmenian
- dineskar, dinaIdo
- mjór, mjókka, þynna, þunnurIcelandic
- emaciato, sottile, magro, consuntoItalian
- 薄い, 稀な, 痩せる, 薄める, 削る, 細い, シャンクしたJapanese
- თხელი, გამხდარი, წვრილიGeorgian
- ស្ដើងKhmer
- 얇다, 가늘다Korean
- شلKurdish
- tenuis, subtīlisLatin
- dënnLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ບາງLao
- slaids, tievs, plānsLatvian
- ослабува, истенчува, разредува, редок, се истенчува, се тенчи, слабее, тенчи, те́нокMacedonian
- നേർത്തMalayalam
- nipis, kurusMalay
- ပါး, ကျဲBurmese
- tynn, smal, slankNorwegian
- rozcieńczyć, cienki, chudy, przerzedzić, rzadki, wąski, rozrzedzićPolish
- ډنګر, نریPashto, Pushto
- diluir, fino, tênue, afinar, adelgaçar, ralo, magro, esparso, afilarPortuguese
- slab, subțireRomanian
- то́нкий, жи́дкий, то́щий, ре́дкий, разрежённый, худо́йRussian
- танак, tanakSerbo-Croatian
- tenkýSlovak
- tanekSlovene
- tunn, spädaSwedish
- పలుచన చేయు, సాగగొట్టు, అరుదు, సన్నబడుTelugu
- บาง, บางๆ, ผอมบางThai
- тонки́йUkrainian
- پتلاUrdu
- mảnh, mỏngVietnamese
- maigue, claire, clair, tene, mwinreWalloon
- 瘦Chinese
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