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noun

• A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

• Any food produced or served in thin slices.

  Example: chocolate mint thins

verb

• To make thin or thinner.

• To become thin or thinner.

  Example: The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.

• To dilute.

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

adjective

• Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

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

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

  Example: thin wire;  thin string

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

  Example: thin person

• Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

  Example: Water is thinner than honey.

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

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

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

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

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

  Example: a thin disguise

adverb

• Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

  Example: seed sown thin