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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Thinning.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.]
     To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Thinning.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.]
     To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  thin
       adj 1: 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" [ant:
              thick]
       2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin";
          "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn:
           lean] [ant: fat]
       3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender]
       4: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
          "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
          [syn: flimsy, slight, tenuous]
       5: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: sparse]
       6: 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"
          [ant: thick]
       7: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
          [ant: full]
       8: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
       adv : without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: thinly]
             [ant: thickly]
       v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: thicken]
       2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: thicken]
       3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
          bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin out, reduce, cut]
       4: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim,
           slenderize, slim down] [ant: gain]
       [also: thinning, thinned, thinnest, thinner]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  thinned
       adj : mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned
             soup" [syn: cut, weakened]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  thinned
       See thin

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  thinned
     vb.
     (infl of en thin  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  thinned
     vb.
     (infl of en thin  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  thinned
     vb.
     (infl of en thin  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  thinned
     vb.
     (infl of en thin  ed-form)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  thinned
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en thin ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb thin)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Thinned /θˈɪnd/
  مخفّف

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  thinned /θˈɪnd/
  dünn/schütter geworden, dünner geworden
     Synonyms: got thin, diminished in thickness
  
   see: thin, get thin, diminish in thickness, thinning, getting thin, diminishing in thickness
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  thinned /θˈɪnd/
  sich gelichtet
        "The trees thinned as we got closer to the top of the mountain."  - Die Bäume lichteten sich als wir uns dem Berggipfel näherten.
        "The crowd had thinned out and only a few people were left."  - Die Menge hatte sich gelichtet und nur ein paar Leute waren geblieben.
     Synonym: cleared
  
   see: thin, clear, thinning, clearing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  thinned /θˈɪnd/
  verdünnt, dünner gemacht
   see: thin, thinning, thins, thinned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  thinned /θˈɪnd/
  verdünnte, machte dünner
   see: thin, thinning, thinned, thins
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈθɪnd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "thinned":
     adulterated, airy, attenuate, attenuated, cut, dilute, diluted,
     ethereal, fine, flimsy, gaseous, insubstantial, rare, rarefied,
     reduced, slight, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, thinned-out,
     uncompact, uncompressed, unsubstantial, vaporous, watered,
     watered-down, windy
  
  

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