thin

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1. lose thickness; become thin or thinner
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2. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
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3. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
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4. take off weight
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Adjective
1. 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"
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2. 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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3. very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
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4. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
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5. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
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6. 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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7. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
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8. lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
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Adverb
1. without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
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