Explicație thin în Dicționarul Englez Englez

thin

(thin )

verb
take off weight
verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"

verb
make thin or thinner
"Thin the solution"

verb
lose thickness
become thin or thinner
adjectiv
not dense
"a thin beard"
"trees were sparse"

adjectiv
lacking excess flesh
"you can''t be too rich or too thin"
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
-Shakespeare
adjectiv
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume
"a thin feeble cry"

adjectiv
lacking spirit or sincere effort
"a thin smile"

adjectiv
having little substance or significance
"a flimsy excuse"
"slight evidence"
"a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"

adjectiv
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"

adjectiv
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"

adjectiv
very narrow
"a thin line across the page"

adverb
without viscosity
"the blood was flowing thin"




Antonime:
(adjectiv) fat, thick, full
(verb) gain, inspissate, thicken



Sinonime:
(adjectiv) lean
(adjectiv) flimsy, slender, slight, sparse, tenuous
(verb) cut, dilute, reduce, slim