See Also: thin(1)(dictionary)
thin(2)(dictionary)
Thin(medicine)
Thin - Golf(gambling)
paper-thin(dictionary)
razor-thin(dictionary)
thin 1, adjective(dictionary)
thin 2, adverb(dictionary)
thin 3, verb(dictionary)
thin-skinned(dictionary)

thin(2) (iou)



thin verb. Infl. -nn-.
[Old English Tynnian, from THIN adjective.]
a. verb trans. Reduce in thickness, depth, or diameter; spread out in a thin layer; gradually draw off or down to vanishing point. OE.
Hugh Walpole A woman thinned and raddled by incessant jealousy.
b. verb intrans. Become thin or thinner; decrease in thickness, depth, or diameter. Also foll. by out, off, away. E19.
T. Hardy Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion.
a. verb trans. Make less dense or viscid; dilute. Also foll. by down. OE.
L. Blue I use curd cheese..thinned down..with yoghourt.
b. verb intrans. Become less dense or viscid; grow tenuous or rare. M19.
K. Mansfield The mist thinned, sped away, dissolved.
a. verb trans. Make less crowded or close by removing individual constituents or parts; make more sparse or sparsely occupied; reduce in number; spec. remove some of a crop of (seedlings, saplings, fruit, etc.) to improve the growth of the rest. Also foll. by out. LME.
J. C. Oates A thick pine and spruce forest he would not allow to be thinned.
b. verb intrans. (Of a place) become less full or crowded; (of a crowd or anything consisting of many parts) become less dense or numerous. Also foll. by off, out. L18.
E. Mittelholzer The rain..began to thin off to a fine, steady drizzle. J. Trollope Influenza arrived...The classrooms thinned out dramatically. A. Macrae Now his hair was thinning.
thinner noun a person who or thing which thins; spec. (a) a machine for thinning a crop; (b) (in pl. & sing.) volatile liquid used to dilute paint, printing-ink, etc.: M19.
thinning noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) that which is removed in the process of thinning (usu. in pl.): OE.