📒 having a smaller distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal
- Cut the vegetables into thin strips.
- A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall.
- The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
📒 not covered with much fat or muscle
- He was tall and thin, with dark hair.
- She was looking pale and thin.
- How do you stay so thin?
📒 not growing closely together or in large amounts
📒 containing more liquid than is normal or expected
- The sauce was thin and tasteless.
- The paint looks a bit thin.
📒 fairly easy to see through
- They fought their way through where the smoke was thinner.
📒 containing less oxygen than normal
- Humans would not be able to survive in the thin atmosphere of the planet.
📒 high and weak
- Her thin voice trailed off into silence.
📒 not sincere or enthusiastic
📒 not very bright
- the thin grey light of dawn
📒 of poor quality; without an important quality
- a thin excuse (= one that people are not likely to believe)
- Their arguments all sound a little thin to me.
- The general standard of applicants is pretty thin this year.
📒 to be taking a risk
📒 to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way
- She can’t just have vanished into thin air.
- At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.
📒 to have many problems or difficulties to deal with; to not be successful
- He’s had a thin time of it since losing his job.
📒 from nowhere or nothing, as if by magic
- Unfortunately, I can’t just conjure up the money out of thin air!
📒 to try to do so many different things at the same time that you do not do any of them well
- With four markets to manage, there's a danger that's she's spreading herself too thin.
📒 if people or things are thick/thin on the ground, there are a lot/not many of them in a place
- Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year.
- Security officers were thick on the ground during the King’s visit.
📒 an event or action that is the beginning of something more serious and/or unpleasant
- The introduction of a tax on workplace parking is seen by many as the thin end of the wedge.
📒 with little or no hair on the head
- He's starting to get a little thin on top (= he's losing his hair).
- He's going bald on top.
📒 the lack of ability to accept criticism, offensive remarks, etc. without becoming upset
- You shouldn’t be in politics if you have such a thin skin.
📒 even when there are problems or difficulties
- He's supported the team for over ten years through thick and thin.
- In marriage, you have to stick together through thick and thin.
📒 to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake
- He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
- She often seems to tread a thin line between success and failure.
- His comedy treads the line between shocking and sickening.
📒 to begin to become weaker or less acceptable
- These excuses are wearing a little thin (= because we've heard them so many times before).
- My patience is beginning to wear very thin.