thin

I 1. [θɪn]

aggettivo

1) (in width) [nose, lips, stick, wall, line] sottile; [string, wire] fine; [strip] stretto

2) (in depth) [slice, layer, paper] sottile; [fabric, garment] sottile, leggero; [mist] leggero

3) (in consistency) [mud] acquoso; [mixture, oil] fluido; [soup] lungo, leggero; [sauce] brodoso; [liquid] diluito, acquoso

4) (lean) [person, face] magro

to get thin — dimagrire

5) (in tone) (high-pitched) acuto; (weak) debole

6) (sparse) [population] scarso; [crowd] rado, esiguo; [hair] rado

7) fig. [excuse] magro; [evidence] poco convincente; [plot] debole, inconsistente

to wear thin — [joke, excuse] essere trito

my patience is wearing thin — sto perdendo la pazienza

8) [air] rarefatto

2.

avverbio colloq. [slice] sottilmente; [spread] leggermente

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to be thin on the ground — essercene pochissimi, essere più unico che raro

to get thin on top — (bald) diventare pelato

to have a thin time of it — passare un brutto momento

II 1. [θɪn]

verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -nn-)

1) (anche thin down) (dilute) diluire, allungare [paint, sauce, soup]

2) (disperse) thin out

2.

verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -nn-) (anche thin out) [fog, mist, hair] diradarsi; [crowd] disperdersi

- thin down

- thin out

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[Ɵin] 1. adjective

1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) sottile

2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) magro

3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) acquoso

4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) rado

5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) debole, inconsistente

2. verb

(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) diradarsi; dimagrire

- thinly

- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out

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I 1. [θɪn]

aggettivo

1) (in width) [nose, lips, stick, wall, line] sottile; [string, wire] fine; [strip] stretto

2) (in depth) [slice, layer, paper] sottile; [fabric, garment] sottile, leggero; [mist] leggero

3) (in consistency) [mud] acquoso; [mixture, oil] fluido; [soup] lungo, leggero; [sauce] brodoso; [liquid] diluito, acquoso

4) (lean) [person, face] magro

to get thin — dimagrire

5) (in tone) (high-pitched) acuto; (weak) debole

6) (sparse) [population] scarso; [crowd] rado, esiguo; [hair] rado

7) fig. [excuse] magro; [evidence] poco convincente; [plot] debole, inconsistente

to wear thin — [joke, excuse] essere trito

my patience is wearing thin — sto perdendo la pazienza

8) [air] rarefatto

2.

avverbio colloq. [slice] sottilmente; [spread] leggermente

••

to be thin on the ground — essercene pochissimi, essere più unico che raro

to get thin on top — (bald) diventare pelato

to have a thin time of it — passare un brutto momento

II 1. [θɪn]

verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -nn-)

1) (anche thin down) (dilute) diluire, allungare [paint, sauce, soup]

2) (disperse) thin out

2.

verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -nn-) (anche thin out) [fog, mist, hair] diradarsi; [crowd] disperdersi

- thin down

- thin out