giovedì 21 ottobre 2010

Definition

Thick:

-Adjective
  • Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
  • Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
  • Heavy in build; thickset. 
  • Densely crowded or packed. 
  • Having a viscous consistency. 
  • Abounding in number. 
  • Impenetrable to sight. 
  • Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated. 
  • (informal) Stupid.
  • (informal) Friendly or intimate. 
  • Deep, intense, or profound.

 -Adverb
  • In a thick manner.
  • Thickly. 

-Noun
  • The thickest, or most active or intense part of something.


Thin:

-Adjective
  • Slim, narrow in size, and (of a person or animal) usually carrying little fat.
  • Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  • Scarce.
  • Overly strict.
  • (sports) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. 

-Verb

to thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned)
  • (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
  • (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
  • To dilute.
  • To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.

    -Noun

    • Thin, in philately, a loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

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