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(), a.[Compar.Thiner (); superl.Thinest.] [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. ynne; akin to D. dun, G. dnn, OHG. dunni, Icel. unnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. (in comp.) stretched out, stretched, stretched out, long, Skr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. enian to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. enja, Goth. anjan (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere to hold, Gr. to stretch, Skr. tan. 51 & 237. Cf. Attenuate, Dance, Tempt, Tenable, Tend to move, Tenous, Thunder, Tone.] 1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering. 2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. Shak. In the day, when the air is more thin. Bacon. Satan, bowing low His gray dissimulation, disappeared, Into thin air diffused. Milton. 3. Not close; not crowded; Thin adv.Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon. Thin v. t.[imp. & p. p.Thinned (); p. pr. & vb. n.Thinning.] [Cf. AS. geynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). Thin v. i.To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear. スポンサード リンク
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