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Thin

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

(2):

(v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

(3):

(superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

(4):

(v. i.) To grow or become thin; - used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

(5):

(superl.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

(6):

(superl.) Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

(7):

(superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

(8):

(superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

(9):

(superl.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

(10):

(adv.) Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thin.html. 1828.