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How to pronounce thin
Say it like this: /ˈθɪn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does thin mean?
adjHaving little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
“thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering”
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
“thin wire; thin string”
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
nounA 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”
verbTo make thin or thinner.
“Exhausted fathers thinned the blood, You curse the legacy of pain; Darling of an infected brood, You feel disaster climb the vein.”
To become thin or thinner.
“The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.”
To dilute.
advNot thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
“Spain is a nation thin sown of people.”
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