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(a) 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"
(a) lacking excess flesh; "you can''t be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
(a) 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"
(a) (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
(r) without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
(s) very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
(s) having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
(s) not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
(s) lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
(v) lose thickness; become thin or thinner
(v) make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
(v) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
(v) take off weight

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