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thin is an adjective, verb and adverb meaning "of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section". It is pronounced /ˈθɪn/ — thin. It carries 13 recorded senses.
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”
lacking substance or significance
“slight evidence”
“a tenuous argument”
“a thin plot”
“a fragile claim to fame”
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
take off weight
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for thin come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.