The Meaning of 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.
• (superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
• (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.
• (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
• (superl.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
• (superl.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
• (superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
• (adv.) Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
• (v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
• (v. i.) 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.

Synonyms

Slim , slender , flimsy , attenuated , diluted , watery , meager , unsubstantial , lean , [See CONSEQUENTLY].

Rhymes

adin , akin , allin , allphin , alpin , amylin , askin , aslin , astin , aswin , atkin , bedouin , been , begin , bergin , berlin , bihn , bin , binn , blinn , boleyn , bongjin , brin , brinn , bryn , buckskin , bushkin , chagrin , chang-hsin , chin , chinh , chinn , dechine , deerskin , din , eldwin , elkin , emlyn , ervin , erwin , fin , finn , finne , flinn , flynn , foreskin , gin , ginn , glavine , glyn , glynn , grin , gwin , gwinn , gwyn , gwynn , gwynne , gyn , hamelin , has-been , herein , hinn , in , inn , itkin , jin , jocelin , joceline , jocelyn , jocelyne , kamin , katyn , kaylynn , kin , kingpin , kinn , kinne , knin , kyoung-min , levin , ligne , lin , linchpin , linh , linn , linne , lwin , lyn , lynn , mandolin , mcginn , mcguinn , mclin , mclinn , mcminn , mcquinn , mihn , min , minh , pigskin , pin , pinn , prynne , puffin , qian , qin , quin , quinn , redskin , rinn , rinne , schwinn , sheepskin , shin , shinn , sin , sinn , skin , solzhenitsyn , spin , syn , tailspin , therein , tin , trinh , twin , underpin , underspin , verduin , vin , violin , when , wherein , win , winn , winne , within , wynn , wynne , yalin , yan-bin , yin