noun
- A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
- Any food produced or served in thin slices.
verb
- To make thin or thinner.
- To become thin or thinner.
- To dilute.
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
adjective
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
Synonyms: reedy, skinny, slender, slim, svelte, waifish, narrow, spaced out, sparse, scant, scarce, slight, runny, watery, fine
adverb
- Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
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