Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To make thin or thinner.

    make thin or thinner

  2. (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

  3. To dilute.

  4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

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

3 languages

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

thins, thinning, thinned, thinned
Base formthin · to thin
3rd person singularthins
Present participlethinning
Past simplethinned
Past participlethinned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythin
he, she, itthins

Past simpleLesson

all personsthinned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thinned
he, she, ithas thinned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thin

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 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
thin — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto