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Meaning Of Thin
superl.
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.
superl.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft
mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
superl.
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.
superl.
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
superl.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person
becomes thin by disease.
superl.
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
superl.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or
depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering;
as, a thin disguise.
adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown
thin.
v. t.
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
v. i.
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.