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thin - 14 definitions

- verb
1. thin -- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
antonyms: thicken -- become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. thin -- make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
antonyms: thicken -- make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. dilute -- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
synonyms: dilute, thin out, reduce, cut
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. reduce -- take off weight
synonyms: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, slim down
antonyms: gain -- increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. thin, thin -- to make thin
synonyms: thins, slender, thinned, emaciate, overthin, thinnest, thinning
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
6. 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"
antonyms: thick -- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. thin -- lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
synonyms: lean
antonyms: fat -- having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. slender -- very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
synonyms: slender
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9. sparse -- not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
synonyms: sparse
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. 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"
antonyms: thick -- relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. thin -- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
antonyms: full -- (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. thin -- lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
13. flimsy -- lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- adverb
14. thinly -- without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
synonyms: thinly
antonyms: thickly -- with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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Antonyms
thicken -- become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
thicken -- make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
gain -- increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
thick -- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
fat -- having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
thick -- relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
full -- (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
thickly -- with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"

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