" thin "

[Adjective]  | "thin" | \ ˈthin \

1: having little extent from one surface to its opposite

2: measuring little in cross section or diameter

3: not dense in arrangement or distribution

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English thin, thinne, going back to Old English þynne, going back to Germanic *þunnu- (assimilated to the -ja-stem adjectives in West Germanic, whence Middle Dutch dunne "thin," Old High German dunni, against Old Norse þunnr), generalized from a paradigm *þenu-, *þunw-a-, going back to Indo-European *ténh2u-, *tn̥h2u̯ó-, whence also, from with a base *tenh2u-, *tn̥h2u- with varying ablaut and suffixation, Old Irish tanae "thin, slender," Old Welsh teneu, Middle Breton tanau, Latin tenuis "fine-drawn, thin, narrow, slight," Greek tanu- "extended, long," tanaós "outstretched, long," Old Church Slavic tĭnŭkŭ "fine, delicate," Russian tónkij "thin," Croatian & Serbian tȁnak, Lithuanian tę́vas, Sanskrit tanúḥ, tánukaḥ "thin, small";

  * Note : Indo-European *tenh2u-, *tn̥h2u- is usually taken to be a derivative of the verbal base *ten- "stretch, extend"; see: {tenant:1|tenant:1}.;

[Adjective]  | "thin-skinned" | \ ˈthin-ˌskind \

1: having a thin skin or rind

2: unduly susceptible to criticism or insult : touchy

Origin: 1598 ;

[Adjective]  | "pa*per-thin" | \ ˈpā-pər-ˌthin \

1: extremely thin

Origin: 1928 ;

[Verb]  | "thin" 

1: to make thin or thinner:

2: to reduce in thickness or depth : attenuate

3: to make less dense or viscous

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English thinnen, going back to Old English þynnian, derivative of þynne {see: |thin:1|thin:1};

[Adverb]  | "thin" 

1: in a thin manner : thinly —used especially in combination

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English thynne, derivative of thin, thinne {see: |thin:1|thin:1};

[Noun]  | "thin film" 

1: a very thin layer of a substance on a supporting material; especially : a coating (as of a semiconductor) that is deposited in a layer one atom or one molecule thick

Origin: 1944 ;

[Noun]  | "thin-lay*er chromatography" | \ ˈthin-ˌlā-ər- \

1: chromatography in which a liquid sample migrates by capillarity through a solid adsorbent medium (such as alumina or silica gel) which is arranged as a thin layer on a rigid support (such as a glass plate)

Origin: 1957 ;

[Noun]  | "thin skin" 

1: a tendency to get easily upset or offended by the things other people say or do

[Noun]  | "thin smile" 

1: a weak smile that does not seem sincere

[Noun]  | "thick and thin" 

1: every difficulty and obstacle —used especially in the phrase through thick and thin

Origin: 14th century ;

[Adjective]  | "thin" 

[Adjective]  | "thin-skinned" 

[Adjective]  | "paper-thin" 

[Verb]  | "thin" 

[Verb]  | "wear" 

[Phrase]  | "thin on the ground"