OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 1151

thin

/θɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fino
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
It was no mystery at all, or a mystery covered only with the thinnest and most transparent veil, that forced abortion is a common practice among Turkish women. The horrible secret…
thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
delgado • enjuto • fifiriche • flaco • güin • raquítico
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
thin person
aguado • claro • líquido • nada viscoso • poco espeso • ralo
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
Water is thinner than honey.
enrarecido • ralo • rarificado
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
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