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thin
1. Adjektiv:
2. [1] eine dünne Person
[1] My wife has a thin body.
Meine Ehefrau hat einen dünnen Körper.
[1] "The figure is that of a tall, thin man."
Englisch > Englisch
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. subst. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
10. subst. 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
Deutsch > Englisch
dünn
1. adj. thin, slender, slim
2. adj. (of a beverage etc.) weak, watery
dünner Kaffee - weak coffee
3. adj. (figurative) flimsy, insufficient
eine dünne Ausrede - a flimsy pretext

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A rail is a piece of metal or wood which is long and thin. For example, a train runs on rails, which is why we call it a railway train.      Eine Schiene ist ein Teil aus Metall oder Holz, das lang und dünn ist. Zum Beispiel ein Zug, der läuft auf Schienen, deshalb nennen wir ihn Schienenzug. In such thin clothes, are you warm enough?      Ist es dir warm genug mit so dünner Kleidung? Who would have thought that she could be so thin and small?      Wer hätte gedacht, dass sie so klein und dünn sein könnte? Hatred doesn't just appear out of thin air, it usually starts from envy or fear.      Der Hass taucht nicht einfach aus dem Nichts auf. Er beginnt normalerweise mit Neid oder Furcht. You promised that you'd stand by me through thick and thin.      Du hast versprochen, mit mir durch dick und dünn zu gehen.

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