thin

== English == === Etymology === 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”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɪn/ (th-fronting) IPA(key): /fɪn/ Rhymes: -ɪn Homophone: fin (th-fronting) === Adjective === thin (comparative thinner, superlative thinnest) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions. Synonym: twiggy Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space. (golf) 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. (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used. Poor; scanty; without money or success. ==== Synonyms ==== (having little thickness from one surface to its opposite): narrow; see also Thesaurus:narrow (very narrow in all diameters): fine (having little body fat or flesh): reedy, skinny, slender, slim, svelte, waifish; see also Thesaurus:slender or Thesaurus:scrawny (of low viscosity): runny, watery; see also Thesaurus:runny (not close or crowded): spaced out, sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse (not numerous): scant, scarce, slight ==== Antonyms ==== thick ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== thinness ==== Translations ==== === Noun === thin (plural thins) (philately) 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. chocolate mint thins potato thins wheat thins ==== Translations ==== === Verb === thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned) (transitive) To make thin or thinner. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner. To dilute. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === thin (comparative more thin, superlative most thin) Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state. seed sown thin === Further reading === “thin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “thin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “thin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Nith, hint == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Determiner ==== thin (subjective pronoun þou) alternative form of þin (“thy”) ==== Pronoun ==== thin (subjective þou) alternative form of þin (“thine”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== thin alternative form of thinne (“thin”) == Mizo == === Etymology === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thin, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sin. === Noun === thin liver === Further reading === Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thin”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þīn. === Determiner === thīn thy, your (singular) thine, yours ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: dijnDutch: dijnLimburgish: dien ==== Further reading ==== “thīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === dīn === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þīn, whence also Old English þīn, Old High German dīn, Old Norse þinn. === Determiner === thīn thy, your (singular) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== West Frisian: dyn === Pronoun === thīn genitive of thū: thine (yours) ==== Declension ==== == Old High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ðiːn/ === Determiner === thīn alternative form of dīn ==== References ==== Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[4], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Old Saxon == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *þīn. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /θiːn/ (late Old Saxon) IPA(key): [ðiːn] ==== Determiner ==== thīn thy, your (singular) thine, yours ===== Declension ===== ==== See also ==== ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[5] (in German), 5th edition Altsächsisches Elementarbuch by Dr. F. Holthausen === Etymology 2 === See here. ==== Determiner ==== thin instrumental singular masculine/neuter of thē == Welsh == === Noun === thin aspirate mutation of tin === Mutation ===