Le mot anglais du jour

Définitions

anglais > français
thin
1. adj. Mince.
You look very thin.
2. adj. Léger.
Your jacket is too thin for this winter weather.
3. adj. Grêle (voix grêle = thin voice).
4. v. Éclaircir.
anglais > anglais
thin
1. adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
thin plate of metal;  thin paper;  thin board;  thin covering
2. adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
thin wire;  thin string
3. adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
thin person
4. adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
5. adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
6. adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
a thin disguise
9. n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
10. n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
chocolate mint thins
potato thins
11. v. To make thin or thinner.
12. v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
13. v. To dilute.
14. v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
15. adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
seed sown thin
français > anglais
mince
1. adj. thin, slim, slender
2. interj. drat!, darn!
3. interj. wow!, blimey!

Exemples de phrases

She was as thin as a rail.      Elle était aussi mince qu'un rail. The thin line between sanity and madness has gotten finer.      La fine ligne entre la lucidité et la folie est devenue plus mince encore. I'm thin, but not too thin.      Je suis mince, mais pas trop mince. She became thin worrying about his matters.      Étant anxieuse à ce propos, elle a perdu du poids. He was a tall, thin man.      C'était un homme grand et mince.

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