thin
To make thin or thinnerTo make thin or thinner.
» I'm thin, but not too thin.
Я худой, но не тощий.
Я худий, але не захудий.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To make thin or thinner.
make thin or thinner
(intransitive)To become thin or thinner.
The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
To dilute.
To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
Examples
545 sentencesI'm thin, but not too thin.
Я худий, але не захудий. — deniko
ruЯ худой, но не тощий. — sivelock
Tom said that Mary was thin.
Том сказав, що Мері худа. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что Мэри худая. — marafon
Tom is too thin.
Том захудий. — deniko
ruТом слишком худой. — marafon
deTom ist zu dünn. — wolfgangth
Tom isn't that thin.
Том не такий уже й худий. — deniko
This thin book is mine.
Ця тонка книжка моя. — deniko
ruЭта тонкая книга моя. — wondersz1
deDieses dünne Buch ist meins. — Espi
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West GermanFrom 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
thins, thinning, thinned, thinnedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbs- thin outпрорідити, проріджуватиTo make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.
- thin upTo become or make (something) thin (in either width or viscosity).
- thin downTo become or make (something) thinner or smaller (in overall size, width or viscosity).
Synonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
8 patterns- as thin as
- much thinner than
- looked thinner than
- thin ice
- look thinner
- was as thin
- thin as a
- much thinner