Meaning

10 senses
  1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

    thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering

    dünn, tünn

    то́нкийtónkij

    тонки́йtonkýj

    of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

  2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

    thin wire; thin string

    dünn

    то́нкийtónkij

    тонки́йtonkýj

  3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

    thin person

    dünn, schlank

    худо́йxudój, то́щийtóščij

    худи́йxudýj

  4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

    Water is thinner than honey.

    dünn

    жи́дкийžídkij, разрежённыйrazrežónnyj, ре́дкийrédkij

    рідки́йridkýj, розрі́дженийrozrídženyj, ненаси́ченийnenasýčenyj

  5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

    The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

    schütter, dünn, licht

    ре́дкийrédkij

  6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

  7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

    a thin, tight-lipped smile

    (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

  8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

    a thin disguise

  9. Of a route: relatively little used.

  10. Poor; scanty; without money or success.

Examples

545 sentences
  1. I'm thin, but not too thin.

    Я худий, але не захудий. — deniko

    ruЯ худой, но не тощий. — sivelock

  2. Tom said that Mary was thin.

    Том сказав, що Мері худа. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что Мэри худая. — marafon

  3. Tom is too thin.

    Том захудий. — deniko

    ruТом слишком худой. — marafon

    deTom ist zu dünn. — wolfgangth

  4. Tom isn't that thin.

    Том не такий уже й худий. — deniko

  5. This thin book is mine.

    Ця тонка книжка моя. — deniko

    ruЭта тонкая книга моя. — wondersz1

    deDieses dünne Buch ist meins. — Espi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite:
having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt — see also skinny:
of low viscosity or low specific gravity — see also watery, liquid, diluted, rare, clear, nonviscous:
Русский
By meaning 3
having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite:
having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt — see also skinny:
of low viscosity or low specific gravity — see also watery, liquid, diluted, rare, clear, nonviscous:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite:
having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt — see also skinny:
scarce — see also rare, rarified:

Origin

From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West German

From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).

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Forms

thinner, thinnest
Comparativethinner Lesson
Superlativethinnest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
having little thickness from one surface to its opposite:narrowB1
very narrow in all diameters:fineA1
not numerous:slightB2scantscarce
having little body fat or flesh:reedy
of low viscosity:runny
not close or crowded:spaced out
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

50 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • as thin as
  • much thinner than
  • looked thinner than
  • thin ice
  • look thinner
  • was as thin
  • thin as a
  • much thinner

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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