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Thinner   /θˈɪnər/   Listen
Thinner

noun
1.
A diluting agent.  Synonyms: diluent, dilutant.


Thin

adjective
(compar. thinner; superl. thinnest)
1.
Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.  "A thin chiffon blouse" , "A thin book" , "A thin layer of paint"
2.
Lacking excess flesh.  Synonym: lean.  "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
3.
Very narrow.  Synonym: slender.
4.
Not dense.  Synonym: sparse.  "Trees were sparse"
5.
Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous.  "A thin soup" , "Skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk" , "Thin oil"
6.
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume.
7.
Lacking spirit or sincere effort.
8.
Lacking substance or significance.  Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous.  "A tenuous argument" , "A thin plot" , "A fragile claim to fame"



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"Thinner" Quotes from Famous Books



... cool Drinks with this Mixture, you may put them in thin Glasses, the thinner the better; which (their orifices being stopp'd, and still kept above the Mixture) may be moved to and fro in it, and then be immediately pour'd out to be drunk: Though when in the Glass, I imployed, was conveniently ...
— Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 • Various
... in slow motion. It breaks itself loose from the thinner snows about it, too shallow to share its motion, and from the rock rim which surrounds it, forming a deep fissure called the bergschrund, sometimes a score and more ...
— The Elements of Geology • William Harmon Norton
... pains shot through his head and neck; he could not swallow. It was a slow starvation; the torment kept him awake through night after night, and only occasionally his very exhaustion gave him a little relief so that he slept. Thinner and thinner he became, and his whole mouth was turned into a putrid, horrible sore. But yet he never murmured. Brother Jasper knelt by his bed, ...
— Orientations • William Somerset Maugham
... Harpoon," he said, his fear quite allayed. He knew his wife to have a somewhat thinner skin than himself. "You are exaggerating no doubt, my dear. The Harpoon is a ...
— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason
... General's dinner. Later, Derry stopped at the door to say that he was going to the theater and might be called there. The General, propped against his pillows and clothed in a gorgeous mandarin coat, looked wrinkled and old. The ruddiness had faded from his cheeks, and he was much thinner. ...
— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey


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