thin : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb without warning
  out of nothing; from nowhere.
  
  • your cousin arrived out of thin air

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• adjective satellite thin as paper
  
  • her blouse was paper thin

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• (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle.

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• noun nowhere to be found in a giant void
  
  • it vanished into thin air

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• verb make sparse
  
  • thin out the young plants
• verb become sparser
  
  • Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out
• verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  cut; dilute; reduce; thin.
  
  • cut bourbon

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• noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
  scrag; skin and bones.
  

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• . See under Section.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite having a slim body
  slender-bodied; slim-bodied.
  

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• noun erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
  Viccinium membranaceum; mountain blue berry; bilberry.
  

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• noun stringybark having white wood
  white stringybark; Eucalyptusd eugenioides.
  

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• adjective satellite of animals or plants that have a thin shell
  

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• noun mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth
  

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• adjective satellite quick to take offense
  touchy; huffy; feisty.
  

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Thin"-skinned` adjective

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1. Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

Webster 1913

• noun shears with one serrate blade; used for thinning hair
  

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• through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small.

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• adjective satellite very thin
  
  • wafer-thin sheets of metal
• adverb very thin
  
  • it was cut wafer-thin

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• verb deteriorate through use or stress
  wear out; wear down; wear off; wear.
  
  • The constant friction wore out the cloth

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