thin

(verb) lose thickness; become thin or thinner.

(verb) make thin or thinner. Examples: "Thin the solution."

(verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. Synonyms: dilute, thin out, reduce, cut. Examples: "Cut bourbon."

(verb) take off weight. Synonyms: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, slim down.

(adj) of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section. Synonyms: thin (vs. thick). Examples: "Thin wire." "A thin chiffon blouse." "A thin book." "A thin layer of paint."

(adj) lacking excess flesh. Synonyms: thin (vs. fat), lean. Examples: "You can't be too rich or too thin." "Yon cassius has a lean and hungry look"-shakespeare."

(adj) very narrow. Synonyms: slender. Examples: "A thin line across the page."

(adj) not dense. Synonyms: sparse. Examples: "A thin beard." "Trees were sparse."

(adj) relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous. Synonyms: thin (vs. thick). Examples: "Air is thin at high altitudes." "A thin soup." "Skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk." "Thin oil."

(adj) (of sound) lacking resonance or volume. Synonyms: thin (vs. full). Examples: "A thin feeble cry."

(adj) lacking spirit or sincere effort. Examples: "A thin smile."

(adj) lacking substance or significance. Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous. Examples: "Slight evidence." "A tenuous argument." "A thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame."

(adv) without viscosity. Synonyms: thinly. Examples: "The blood was flowing thin."