v. lose thickness; become thin or thinner

v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"

v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

v. take off weight

adv. without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"

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

adj. 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"

adj. 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"

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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

adj. very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

v. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

v. decrease gradually or bit by bit

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

v. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

v. cut with shears; "shear hedges"

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

v. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"

adj. having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"

adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

adj. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

adj. slender and graceful

adj. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

adj. characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape

adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"

adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

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

adj. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

adj. small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"

adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

adj. very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

adj. having angles or an angular shape

adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"

adj. (mesomorphic)

adj. small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"

adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

adj. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

adj. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

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

adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"

adj. lacking strength or vigor

adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"

adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

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

adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

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

adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"

adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

adj. not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"

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

adj. given out in portions

adj. spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"

adj. (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material; "diffused light"

adj. distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions; "medicines dispensed to the sick"

adj. distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"

adj. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

adj. intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"

adj. distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"

adj. distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"

adj. spaced apart

adj. not concentrated at one point or upon one objective; "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister

adj. having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs

adj. 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"

adj. reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed eyes"

adj. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

adj. strict and severe; "strait is the gate"

adj. becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"

v. become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"

v. make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

v. increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

adj. not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"

adj. having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

adj. having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"

adj. relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"

adj. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

adj. bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"

adj. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"

adj. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"

adj. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

adj. having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

adj. euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"

adj. repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"

adj. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

adj. short and plump

adj. euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"

adj. spherical in shape

adv. with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"