A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it. The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably. + thinly thin·ly The island is thinly populated
make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" lose thickness; become thin or thinner lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile" of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil
A relatively low level of solid material suspended in the coffee beverage A result of fine particles of bean fiber and insoluble proteins present in imperceptible amounts Lacks body or substance and is insufficiently concentrated and roasted
(also "skinny") when the ball is contacted with the leading edge instead of the face of the club, producing a low trajectory shot with less than the usual amount of spin Example: He hit a good drive, but then hit his sandwedge shot thin/skinny and over the green
If you describe an argument or explanation as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe. However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous = weak strong + thinly thin·ly Much of the speech was a thinly disguised attack on British Airways