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thin meaning

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Thin may refer to:
a lean body shape. (See also: emaciation, underweight)
Thin (film), an 2006 HBO documentary about eating disorders.
Thin (web server), a Ruby web-server based on Mongrel.

NounPLthins
1. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
VerbSGthinsPRthinningPT, PPthinned
1. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
AdjectiveCOMthinnerCOMmore thinSUPthinnestSUPmost thin
1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  1. thin plate of metal
  2. thin paper
  3. thin board
  4. thin covering
AdverbCOMthinnerCOMmore thinSUPthinnestSUPmost thin
1. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
  1. seed sown thin
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - Walt Disney himself must be turning over in his grave right now. He would not stand for his company promoting the image that girls can be beautiful if they are thin and dress like sluts.
  - The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet. ‎
  - Their fabric is so thin that I can see through these curtains.

Meaning of thin for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "thin" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Adjectives
2. Adverbs
3. Nouns
  - Countable nouns
4. Verbs
  - Intransitive verbs
  - Transitive verbs

Difficultness: Level 1

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Definiteness: Level 9

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