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- [thin]
- /θɪn/
- /θɪn/
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- [thin]
- /θɪn/
Definitions of thin word
- adjective thin having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice. 1
- adjective thin of small cross section in comparison with the length; slender: a thin wire. 1
- adjective thin having little flesh; spare; lean: a thin man. 1
- adjective thin composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., widely separated; sparse: thin vegetation. 1
- adjective thin scant; not abundant or plentiful. 1
- adjective thin of relatively slight consistency or viscosity: thin soup. 1
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Origin of thin
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (adj. and adv.) Middle English thyn(ne), Old English thynne; cognate with Dutch dun, German dünn, Old Norse thunnr; (v.) Middle English thynnen, Old English thynnian, derivative of the adj.; compare Middle Dutch dunnen, Old Norse thynna; akin to Old Irish tana, Latin tenuis thin, Greek tany- long
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Parts of speech for Thin
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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verb thin
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
adj thin
- airy — If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large.
- anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
- aqueous — In chemistry, an aqueous solution or cream has water as its base.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- bendable — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
adjective thin
- angular — Angular things have shapes that seem to contain a lot of straight lines and sharp points.
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- argute — (of sounds) shrill
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
Antonyms for thin
adj thin
- alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- beefcake — Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- beefy — Someone, especially a man, who is beefy has a big body and large muscles.
verb thin
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- bulk up — If someone or something bulks up or bulks out, they become bigger or heavier.
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcify — to convert or be converted into lime
adjective thin
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- curdled — Containing curds.
- embonpoint — The plump or fleshy part of a person’s body, in particular a woman’s bosom.
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
- fatlike — Resembling fat (the chemical substance) or some aspect of it.
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