ENGLISH: thin - CREOLE: fen



Overview of verb thin



The verb thin has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) thin -- (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)

2. thin -- (make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution")

3. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut -- (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon")

4. reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down -- (take off weight)



Overview of adj thin



The adj thin has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (17) 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")

2. (15) thin, lean -- (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare)

3. (7) slender, thin -- (very narrow; "a thin line across the page")

4. (2) flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin -- (having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot")

5. (2) sparse, thin -- (not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse")

6. (1) 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")

7. thin -- ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry")

8. thin -- (lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile")



Overview of adv thin



The adv thin has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. thinly, thin -- (without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin")

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