Stringbean and Thin

• (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
• (superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
• (superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
• (superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
• (adv.) Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
• (superl.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
• (superl.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
• (superl.) Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
• (v.t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
• (v.i.) To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

verb

• Lose thickness; become thin or thinner.
• Make thin or thinner.
  • usage: "Thin the solution"
• Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
  • usage: "cut bourbon"
  • synonyms: dilute, thin out, reduce, cut
• Take off weight.
  • synonyms: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, slim down

adjective

• Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.
  • usage: "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
• Lacking excess flesh."you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare
  • synonyms: lean
• Very narrow.
  • usage: "a thin line across the page"
  • synonyms: slender
• Not dense.
  • usage: "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
  • synonyms: sparse
• Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous.
  • usage: "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
• Of sound. ( lacking resonance or volume)
  • usage: "a thin feeble cry"
• Lacking spirit or sincere effort.
  • usage: "a thin smile"
• Lacking substance or significance.
  • usage: "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
  • synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous

adverb

• Without viscosity.
  • usage: "the blood was flowing thin"
  • synonyms: thinly