thin

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
9. Of a route: relatively little used.
10. Poor; scanty; without money or success.

dun

mager

schraal

schriel

sprietig

spichtig

ongemeen

snedig

snerpend

temperen

ad rem

koilonychie

lepeltjesnagels

become thin

not thick

hollow-cheeked

very thin

melt off

transparent blood

thin-layer

make thin

make light

subtile

tiny bit

become thinner

very old

witty

become smaller

dried-out

gossamery

make thinner

rarified

thin down

become lean

wear thin

koilonychia

brittle fingernails

of thin make

slight wound

semi-fluid

broad-bladed kni

be shallow

be slender

scrawnily

badly-off

having interstices

separated by intervals

flat bread

not luxuriant

of few leaves

said of broth

small in size

soft muslin

thinly scattered

thinlyscattered hair

bar-shaped

unfattened

sparse occasional

slab sided

daba

faint cloud

small in diameter

get thin

poignant

raw boned

seedy-looking

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/θɪn/

From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.