Verb
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take off weight
- melt off - lose weight - slim down -
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
- thin out -
make thin or thinner
"Thin the solution"
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lose thickness
become thin or thinner
Adjective
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lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"
"a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"
a fragile claim to fame"
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lacking spirit or sincere effort
"a thin smile"
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(of sound) lacking resonance or volume
"a thin feeble cry"
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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"
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not dense
"a thin beard"
"trees were sparse"
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very narrow
"a thin line across the page"
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lacking excess flesh
"you can't be too rich or too thin"
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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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"
Adverb
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without viscosity
"the blood was flowing thin"