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thin: I. adjective and adverb II. adverb III. transitive verb
paper thin: adjective and adverb
thin down: intransitive verb
thin out: I. transitive verb II. intransitive verb
thin market: noun
thin-skinned: adjective and adverb
wafer-thin: adjective and adverb
to spread oneself too thin

I . thin <-nn-> [θɪn] ADJ

1. thin (not thick):

thin

2. thin person, animal:

thin

chudy

3. thin hair, liquid:

thin

4. thin (feeble):

thin

5. thin air:

thin

Phrases:

to disappear [or vanish] into thin air

zniknąć jak kamfora

to be thin on the ground

stanowić rzadkość

to be [skating] on thin ice

stąpać po cienkim lodzie

to have a thin time inf

cienko prząść

II . thin <-nn-> [θɪn] ADV

thin

III . thin <-nn--nn-> [θɪn] VB trans

1. thin liquid:

thin

rozcieńczać [perf rozcieńczyć]

2. thin carrots, ranks:

thin

przerzedzać [perf przerzedzić]

paper thin ADJ

paper thin

thin down VB intr

thin down

chudnąć [perf s-]

I . thin out VB trans

thin out

przerzedzać [perf przerzedzić]

thin out plants

przerywać [perf przerwać]

II . thin out VB intr

thin out crowd:

thin out

przerzedzać [perf przerzedzić] się

thin market N ECON

thin market

ograniczony [lub wąski] rynek m

thin-skinned ADJ

thin-skinned

przesadnie wrażliwy

thin-skinned

wafer-thin ADJ

wafer-thin majority

bardzo niewielki

to spread oneself too thin

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to spread oneself too thin idiom

łapać zbyt wiele srok za ogon

Usage examples with thin

through thick and thin

na dobre i na złe

to wear thin patience

wyczerpywać [perf wyczerpać] się

to have a thin time inf

cienko prząść

to be skating on thin ice

stąpać po cienkim lodzie

to be thin on the ground

stanowić rzadkość

to be [skating] on thin ice

stąpać po cienkim lodzie

to disappear [or vanish] into thin air

zniknąć jak kamfora

to have a thin/thick skin

być wrażliwym/gruboskórnym

your shirt's so thin that it shows your bra

ta koszula jest tak cienka, że widać twój stanik

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The outermost layer is thin, transparent and colourless. en.wikipedia.org

He is a tall thin man, from family of tall people, stating that his great-grandparents were two meters tall or taller. en.wikipedia.org

But the nagging feeling is that the picture is incomplete -- that we have all ingredients and only a thin gruel for our trouble. qz.com

A smallish man with piercing eyes and thin lips, he was an able organiser, utterly ruthless, a man who lived for his work. en.wikipedia.org

Su, on the other hand, walked to prison, slept on a thin mattress, and ate very simple foods. en.wikipedia.org

Originally, algae was scraped from dock pilings, rolled out into thin, edible sheets, and dried in the sun, in a process similar to making rice paper. en.wikipedia.org

His nose was thin and straight and slightly aquiline. en.wikipedia.org

He wears a robe and has thin, white tassels around him at all times. en.wikipedia.org

The nest is a thin cup of sticks with a layer of bark, grass and wool to create a thick mat. en.wikipedia.org

When ripe, this fruit comprises thick pulpy jelly encased in a waxy thin-skinned shell. en.wikipedia.org

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