Thin | Mean of thin in English Dictionary

/ˈθɪn/

• having a small distance between the top and bottom or front and back surfaces
1. thin paper/walls
2. a thin band/line/stripe
3. a thin coating/layer of dust
4. pizza with a thin crust
5. a thin slice of ham
• not having a lot of extra flesh on the body
1. a thin child
2. She is very/too thin.
3. thin legs
• not growing closely together
1. a thin stand of trees
2. thin hair
3. His hair is a little thin on top. = He's a little thin on top. [=he does not have a lot of hair on the top of his head]

• having less than the usual, original, or needed number or amount
1. Attendance at the carnival was a bit thin. [=low]
2. My patience was wearing/running thin. [=I was becoming less patient]
• flowing very easily
1. thin broth/gravy/soup
• having less oxygen than normal
1. thin air
2. a thin atmosphere
• easy to see through
1. The fog was relatively thin.
2. a thin mist
• not large or impressive
1. a thin [=very small] margin of victory
2. She has a thin [=narrow] lead in the polls.
• not very good, useful, etc.
1. thin arguments/explanations
2. That excuse is pretty thin.
3. The story's plot is pretty thin.
4. His argument quickly wore thin.
5. a thin smile [=a weak smile that does not seem sincere]
• weak and high
1. a high, thin voice
• to disappear completely in a way that is mysterious
1. The papers seem to have vanished into thin air.
• to be in a difficult situation especially because you do not have enough money
1. He was having a thin time of it until his novel started selling.
• the beginning of something that will become more serious, unpleasant, etc.
1. The bank's decision to raise rates could be the thin end of the wedge. [=many other banks may also decide to raise rates]
• existing or occurring in very small amounts
1. Useful suggestions have been thin on the ground lately. [=there have been very few useful suggestions lately]
• Verb
• to make (something or someone) thin or thinner or to become thin or thinner: such as
• to become less crowded, close together, or full
1. The crowd gradually thinned [=grew smaller] as the night went on.
2. The trees thinned as we climbed higher. [=there were fewer trees as we climbed higher]
3. The bad weather thinned (out) the crowd a little.
4. He plans to thin (out) the young carrots in the garden. [=to remove some of them so that there is more room between the remaining carrots]
• to make (a liquid) less thick by adding water or some other liquid to it
1. He added a little more water to thin the gravy.
• to become less thick as more hairs fall out over time
1. His hair is thinning. = He has thinning hair.
• to become easier to see through
1. The haze thinned in the late afternoon.
• to become less fat or to make (someone) less fat
1. She's thinned down a lot in the past year.
2. His face has been thinned by illness.
• in a way that makes thin pieces, layers, etc.
1. She sliced the cheese thin.