thin
//ˈθɪn//
Forms
- Comparative
- thinner
- Superlative
- thinnest
- Plural
- thins
- present (v1)
- thin
- past (v2)
- thinned
- past participle (v3)
- thinned
- present participle
- thinning
- 3rd person singular
- thins
Definitions
1.Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- However, the misconception regarding skin hitboxes was created by a subset of players who believed that wearing thinner skins enhanced their gameplay.
- 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.
2.Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- 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.
3.Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
4.Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Water is thinner than honey.
1.A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
2.Any food produced or served in thin slices.
1.To make thin or thinner.
2.To become thin or thinner.
- The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2013
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).