Adjective : thin ice. ,a thin wire. ,a thin man. ,thin vegetation. ,thin soup. ,a very thin plot for such a long book. ,a thin voice. ,a thin smile. ,a thin wine. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : Slice the ham thin. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The crowd is thinning out. From Dictionary.com.
Second winter my blood had thinned from the altitude and boy what a difference. From Wordnik.com. [Weather] Reference
When the foot does not allow of the removal of much horn at the toe, what is termed a 'thinned' tip is to be preferred. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
You know, I hate with a red hot passion when women are "thinned" or "youthified" for these covers, but at least I understand it. From Wordnik.com. [Impossibly Beautiful] Reference
My kind-hearted husband wasn't upset about the "thinned" beans. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
If they keep up, we'll be kind of thinned out in a few years. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Worlds Of Robert A Heinlein]
We both grew up there but having acclimated to georgia weather for 10 years our blood had "thinned". From Wordnik.com. [When Stationed Near Family... - SpouseBUZZ] Reference
This is thinned for the light tints, as sky and distances. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
The magnetic tape thinned, slowing down bridges and verses. From Wordnik.com. [Us In Tapes] Reference
When ground too thick they are thinned with a little water. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
The fog thinned perceptibly three hours after the sun had set. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
His lips thinned and the .38 Noiseless was in his hand magically. From Wordnik.com. [Revolution] Reference
They had thinned his oaks every year, cutting firewood for the poor. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
The forests of the eastern half of the country have been thinned out. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
The timber was to be thinned anew -- the tenants to be again amerced. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
They reached Molteno at last in safety, but with numbers woefully thinned. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
So when the ice thinned as he neared the dog my father simply crawled faster. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Ice] Reference
The group started out several dozen strong, but thinned to just about 20 by noon. From Wordnik.com. [Judge Blocks Arizona Law] Reference
She moved back toFlagstaffwith me and my dreams thinned out to maybe one a month. From Wordnik.com. [Old Scars] Reference
That would all come later, when the guests had thinned a bit, and had had more wine. From Wordnik.com. [Volume] Reference
Doreen did not break eye contact with Ursula, whose lips thinned in silent condemnation. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference
Foreign exchange majors traded in tight ranges, with trade thinned by the Tokyo holiday. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Mixed in Quiet Trade] Reference
The ranks of women thinned even during the stock and real-estate runup from 2001 to 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Ranks of Women on Wall Street Thin] Reference
Navy and Air Force ranks will also be thinned, by 11 percent and 24 percent, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [The Military Fights Back] Reference
His temples were covered with thinned locks which the frosts of eighty years had whitened. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
The people had thinned away, and exhaustion like a funeral pall hung over those remaining. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Hall attacked the peloton, which had thinned to about 20 riders, on the backside of the course. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Holloway wins 2010 U.S. professional criterium championship] Reference
The crowds in the third-rate arenas have thinned, but he still lives for their roar of approval. From Wordnik.com. [A Perfect Casting Call] Reference
As the seedlings grow taller and are thinned out, the mulch is gradually pushed back around them. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Her hair has thinned to dark peach fuzz, her cheeks are gaunt the way she's always wanted them. From Wordnik.com. [Things Every Woman Should Know About Love] Reference
They have to be able to plant new trees, and cut down others when the trees need to be thinned out. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed] Reference
As the seeds may not all grow, they may be planted close together in the row and thinned out the following spring if necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
French dressing or with a white mayonnaise, to which the beaten white of egg has been added and which has been thinned with vinegar. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
The animal is now skinned, and the skin prepared in the usual manner, i. e, stripped entirely from the body, cured, and thinned down. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The skin having been relaxed and thinned (see Chapter X.), is put over the model in exactly the same manner as described for the otter. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
When thoroughly dry, the ferns may be coloured with oil paint thinned with turps and varnish, sufficient to give lustre without shininess. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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