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meaning 'the quality of being thin', has two ns.

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To dilute mixtures such as soups, sauces, batters, etc., by adding more liquid.

adjective

1. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean², meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.
2. Marked by great diffusion of component particles: rare, rarefied. See tighten/loosen.
3. Lower than normal in strength or concentration due to admixture: dilute, washy, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak. See strong/weak.
4. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy. Slang measly. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.
5. Not plausible or believable: flimsy, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, shaky, unbelievable, unconceivable, unconvincing, unsubstantial, weak. See likely/unlikely.

verb

1. To make physically thin or thinner: slim. Archaic extenuate. See fat/thin, increase/decrease.
2. To become diffuse: attenuate, rarefy. See tighten/loosen.
3. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture: attenuate, cut, dilute, water (down), weaken. See strong/weak.

Idioms beginning with thin:
thinking cap
thin as a rail
thing
thing or two
things are looking up
think
think the world of
think aloud
think back
think better of
think big
think little of
think on one's feet
think over
think piece
think positive
think tank
think through
think up
thin on top

See also into thin air; on thin ice; spread oneself too thin; through thick and thin; wear thin.

adj

Definition: deficient, weak
Antonyms: efficient, solid, strong

adj

Definition: diluted
Antonyms: concentrated, thick, undiluted

adj

Definition: fine, light, slender
Antonyms: dense, fat, heavy, inflated, obese, thick

adj

Definition: transparent, fine
Antonyms: dense, solid, thick

v

Definition: make diluted or less dense
Antonyms: beef up, thicken

IN BRIEF: Not fat.

He only wanted a thin slice of meatloaf.

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as in: of little thickness
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Having a low flavor profile, subtle, yet watery, apparent, yet lifeless.

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The state of being thin. Called also light condition.

For a list of words related to thinning, see:

• Hair Styles - thinning: early stage of baldness with loss of some hair
• Practice, Tools, and Techniques - thinning: pruning by removing whole branches to create less density; removal of some seedlings to foster growth of others

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See words rhyming with "thinnish."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tynd, smal, mager, fin, spæd, spinkel
adv. - tyndt
v. tr. - fortynde, formindske
v. intr. - blive tynd, blive fortyndet

idioms:

• into of thin air    gå op i røg
• out of thin air    ud af den blå luft
• thin air    tomme luft
• thin on the ground    sjældent set
• thin on top    tyndhåret
• thin time    dårlige oplevelser
• wearing thin    blive slidt

Nederlands (Dutch)
dun, mager, waterig, ijl, dunbevolkt, zwak (van argument), verdunnen, uitdunnen, aanlengen, dunner worden

Français (French)
adj. - mince, fin, étroit, liquide (un mélange), clair (une soupe), fluide (de l'huile), maigre, léger (un tissu), aigre (le ton), fluet, (Fin) calme (le marché), clairsemé (une population), (fig) peu convaincant (une excuse), insuffisant (une preuve), squelettique (une intrigue), usé (une plaisanterie)
adv. - en couche mince, en tranches fines
v. tr. - diluer (peinture), allonger (une sauce), clairsemer (un buisson), réduire (une population)
v. intr. - se dissiper (le brouillard), se disperser (la foule), se raréfier (les cheveux)

idioms:

• a thin time    (traverser) une période difficile
• into thin air    apparaître soudainement
• out of thin air    disparaître soudainement
• thin air    air raréfié
• thin on the ground    (être) rare
• thin on top    se dégarnir

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dünn, fein, dürftig, spärlich, fadenscheinig, (Slang) schlimm
adv. - dünn
v. - dünn(er) machen, ausdünnen, dezimieren, lichten, verdünnen, dünn(er) werden, abnehmen, sich verlaufen

idioms:

• a thin time    schlimme Zeit
• into thin air    sich in Luft auflösen
• out of thin air    aus dem Nichts
• thin air    das Nichts, dünne Luft
• thin on the ground    dünn gesät
• thin on top    mit sich lichtendem Haar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδύνατος, λιγνός, λεπτός, ψιλός, λιγοστός, νερουλός, αραιός, διεσπαρμένος, (μτφ.) φτωχός, άνευ σημασίας
adv. - αραιά
v. - λεπτύνω/-ομαι, αδυνατίζω, αραιώνω

idioms:

• into of thin air    (γίνομαι) καπνός
• out of thin air    από το πουθενά
• thin air    αέρας χωρίς αρκετό οξυγόνο
• thin on the ground    σπανίζων, σπάνιος
• thin on top    που αρχίζει να φαλακρώνει
• thin time    αναποδιά, δύσκολες ώρες
• wearing thin    που φθίνει, ποτ τελειώνει

Italiano (Italian)
sfoltire, diluire, esile, magro, lungo, fine

idioms:

• thin air    nulla
• thin on top    quasi calvo
• thin time    brutto momento
• wearing thin    consumandosi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - delgado (m), fino (m)
adv. - delgadamente, finamente, insuficiente
v. - adelgaçar, emagrecer, diminuir, clarear, espaçsar

idioms:

• thin air    ar rarefeito, estás em terreno delicado!
• thin on the ground    pouco numeroso
• thin on top    calvo
• thin time    um tempo inconfortável
• wearing thin    pouca paciência

Русский (Russian)
тонкий, редкий, жидкий, худощавый, худой, слабый, шаткий, разбавлять, (о волосах) редеть

idioms:

• thin air    ничто, пустота, бесследно исчезнуть, внезапно появиться неизвестно откуда
• thin on the ground    очень мало, не хватает
• thin on top    лысина, плешь
• thin time    тяжелые времена, невзгоды
• wearing thin    износиться, износ

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delgado, claro, aguado, flojo, fino, delicado, escaso
adv. - ligeramente
v. tr. - adelgazar, perder el pelo, disminuir, entresacar, reducir, diezmar, diluir, rebajar
v. intr. - adelgazar, disminuir, reducir, diezmar, diluir, rebajar, hacerse menos denso, aclararse, reducirse

idioms:

• a thin time    vérselas negras, pasarlas moradas
• into thin air    hacerse humo, desaparecer
• out of thin air    hacerse humo, desaparecer
• thin air    aire enrarecido
• thin on the ground    no numeroso, escaso
• thin on top    calvo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tunn, mager, gles, klen
adv. - tunt
v. - göra tunnare, tunna ut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
薄的, 瘦的, 细的, 薄地, 微弱地, 稀疏地, 使变薄, 使稀少, 使变细, 变薄, 变瘦, 变稀, 变细, 变淡

idioms:

• into of thin air    无影无踪
• out of thin air    无中生有地
• thin air    稀薄的空气, 无影无踪, 子无虚有
• thin on the ground    为数不多, 数目不多
• thin on top    秃顶, 秃头, 头顶的头发稀少
• thin time    不愉快的, 不舒服的, 一个钱也没有的
• wearing thin    变薄, 慢慢失去

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 薄的, 瘦的, 細的
adv. - 薄地, 微弱地, 稀疏地
v. tr. - 使變薄, 使稀少, 使變細
v. intr. - 變薄, 變瘦, 變稀, 變細, 變淡

idioms:

• into of thin air    無影無蹤
• out of thin air    無中生有地
• thin air    稀薄的空氣, 無影無蹤, 子無虛有
• thin on the ground    為數不多, 數目不多
• thin on top    禿頂, 禿頭, 頭頂的頭髮稀少
• thin time    不愉快的, 不舒服的, 一個錢也沒有的
• wearing thin    變薄, 慢慢失去

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가느다란, 수척한, 희박한
adv. - 얇게, 희박하게, 여위어서
v. tr. - 얇게 하다, 성기게 하다, 적어지게 하다
v. intr. - 가늘어지다, 엷어지다, 적어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 薄い, 細い, 痩せた, 乏しい, まばらな, 浅薄な, 貧弱な, 薄弱な, 希薄な, 弱い, わずかな
v. - 薄くする, まばらにする
n. - 薄い部分
adv. - 薄く, まばらに

idioms:

• into/out of thin air    虚空から
• on thin ice    薄氷を踏むようで, 危険な状態で
• thin air    希薄な空気
• thin end of the wedge    一見何でもないが重大な結果になるかもしれない
• thin on the ground    数少ない
• thin on top    頭髪が薄い
• thin time    不愉快な思いをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضعيف, نحيل, رقيق (ظرف) على نحو رقيق او رفيع (فعل) يرق, يخفف, ينحل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דק, רזה, כחוש, דליל, קלוש, דל, חלש, קטן, זעום, שקוף, מיימי‬
adv. - ‮באופן דק, דליל או קלוש‬
v. tr. - ‮דילל, עשה לקלוש או לרזה‬
v. intr. - ‮הרזה, נעשה דליל או קלוש‬

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