Thin

·superl Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

II. Thin ·vt To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

III. Thin ·superl Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

IV. Thin ·adv Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

V. Thin ·superl Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

VI. Thin ·superl Rare; not dense or thick;

— applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

VII. 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.

VIII. Thin ·superl Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

IX. Thin ·vi 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.

X. Thin ·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.