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thin
A	verb
	1	reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
			take off weight
		Category Tree: change ╚change state; turn ╚reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down ╚sweat off
	2	dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
			lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚weaken ╚dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut ╚water down
	3	thin
			make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚decrease; lessen; minify ╚reduce; cut down; cut back; trim; trim down; trim back; cut; bring down ╚thin ╚draw
	4	thin
			lose thickness; become thin or thinner
		Category Tree: change ╚change state; turn ╚thin
B	adjective
	1	sparse, thin
			not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

	2	thin, lean
			lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

	3	thin
			(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"

	4	thin
			lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"

	5	flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin
			having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

	6	thin
			of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"

	7	thin
			relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"

	8	slender, thin
			very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

C	adverb
	1	thinly, thin
			without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"

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