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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thin \Thin\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Thinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thinning}.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thin
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" [ant: {thick}]
2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn: {lean}] [ant: {fat}]
3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: {slender}]
4: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" [syn: {flimsy}, {slight}, {tenuous}]
5: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: {sparse}]
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" [ant: {thick}]
7: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" [ant: {full}]
8: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
adverb: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: {thinly}] [ant: {thickly}]
verb
1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: {thicken}]
2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: {thicken}]
3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: {dilute}, {thin out}, {reduce}, {cut}]
4: take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight}, {slim}, {slenderize}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain}] [also: {thinning}, {thinned}, {thinnest}, {thinner}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thinned
adjective: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: {cut}, {weakened}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thinned See {thin}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "thinned": adulterated, airy, attenuate, attenuated, cut, dilute, diluted, ethereal, fine, flimsy, gaseous, insubstantial, rare, rarefied, reduced, slight, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, thinned-out, uncompact, uncompressed, unsubstantial, vaporous, watered, watered-down, windy
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