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thin: I. adjective and adverb II. intransitive verb III. transitive verb
paper-thin: adjective and adverb
thin-skinned: adjective and adverb
wafer-thin: adjective and adverb
thin argument: noun

I . thin <-nn-> [θɪn] ADJ

1. thin a. fig (lean):

thin

2. thin (sparse):

thin population, crowd

малочи́сленный

to be thin on top

име́ть плешь на маку́шке

3. thin (not dense):

thin

4. thin (very fluid):

thin

водяни́стый

thin

5. thin (feeble):

thin

едва́ заме́тный

6. thin (lacking oxygen):

разре́женный

Phrases:

out of thin air

из ничего́ [или ниотку́да]

to disappear into thin air

как в во́ду ка́нул

to disappear into thin air

и след просты́л

to be thin on the ground Brit, Aus

быть малочи́сленным

to have a thin time (of it)

име́ть неприя́тности

to have a thin time (of it)

пло́хо провести́ вре́мя

to be thin-skinned

быть чувстви́тельным

II . thin <-nn--nn-> [θɪn] VB intr

1. thin (make more liquid):

thin

разрежа́ть

thin

разбавля́ть

2. thin (remove some):

thin

сокраща́ть(ся)

thin

III . thin <-nn-> [θɪn] VB trans

thin

де́лать то́нким

thin

утонча́ть

thin

истоща́ть

paper-thin ADJ

о́чень то́нкий

thin-skinned [ˈθɪnskɪnd] ADJ

1. thin-skinned (with thin skin):

thin-skinned

тонкоко́жий

2. thin-skinned fig:

thin-skinned

уязви́мый

thin-skinned

оби́дчивый

wafer-thin ADJ

тонча́йший

thin argument N

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слабый аргумент

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As a solvent, turpentine is used for thinning oil-based paints, for producing varnishes, and as a raw material for the chemical industry. en.wikipedia.org

There is myocardial necrosis (cell death) and disproportionate thinning of the heart. en.wikipedia.org

Early on there is flattening of articular surfaces, thinning of cartilage with osteophyte (spur) formation. en.wikipedia.org

This property is named pseudoplasticity or shear thinning; the study of such matters is called rheology. en.wikipedia.org

There was no pointing attempting a deceptive comb-over; it was very obviously thinning. www.independent.co.uk

Iterative thinning skeletonization methods can provide a distance in voxels from each tree node to the surface of the object. en.wikipedia.org

There can also be retinal thinning and myopia. en.wikipedia.org

Actually, the prose style is an evolvement from one to the othera pruning and thinning-out to a more subdued, clearer prose. en.wikipedia.org

This can be used to qualitatively identify thinning or thickening of a rock unit in different directions. en.wikipedia.org

Coronary artery ectasia is characterized by an increased wall stress of the vessel, thinning of the arterial wall which causes progressive dilation and remodelling of the vessel. en.wikipedia.org

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