thin
verb/θɪn/
/θɪn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they thin | /θɪn/ /θɪn/ |
| he / she / it thins | /θɪnz/ /θɪnz/ |
| past simple thinned | /θɪnd/ /θɪnd/ |
| past participle thinned | /θɪnd/ /θɪnd/ |
| -ing form thinning | /ˈθɪnɪŋ/ /ˈθɪnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] thin something (down) (with something) to make a liquid less thick or strong by adding water or another substance
- Thin the paint with water.
- If the soup is too thick, thin it down with a little milk.
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- [intransitive] to become less thick
- a middle-aged man with thinning hair
- His hair was long at the sides but thinning on top.
- [intransitive, transitive] to become less thick or fewer in number; to make something less thick or fewer, for example by removing some things or people
- The clouds thinned and the moon shone through.
- thin out The crowd had thinned out and only a few people were left.
- The traffic was beginning to thin out.
- thin something (out) Thin out the seedlings to about 10cm apart.
liquid
of hair
become less thick
Word OriginOld English thynne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dun and German dünn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tenuis.
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