thin

noun

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

verb

(transitive) To make thin or thinner.

(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.

To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

To dilute.

adjective

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

Poor; scanty; without money or success.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

(aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.

adverb

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

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