thinner
1a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.
a person who adds thinners to paints, varnishes, etc.
a person who specializes in weeding plants, pruning shrubbery, thinning fruit, etc.
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comparative of thin.
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According to Mapp, provided you have the right gear and knowledge of trail closures and weather, you’ll probably enjoy thinner crowds during the colder months.
Indoor exercises to prepare you for hiking the great outdoors | Pam Moore | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostAs is the case in most years, the new chips are faster and more power-efficient versions of existing technology, helping laptop makers create smaller and thinner devices with longer battery life.
Chip Wars 2021: What AMD, Intel, and Nvidia announced at CES | Aaron Pressman | January 12, 2021 | FortuneRight now, it is possible for large technology companies to make money by selling thinner and thinner “fake” slices of attention—selling fake clicks from fake sources of news to fake advertisers.
Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed. Here’s how. | Gideon Lichfield | January 10, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThere are concerns that CBD might interact negatively with other drugs, specifically blood thinners like wafarin.
Can CBD help you chill? Here’s what we know so far. | Purbita Saha | January 4, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI wish I could say that my experience was unique, but many others face the same kind of pain and the same kind of choices around its treatment—8 million Americans take blood thinners, according to a recent report from Pharmacy Times.
Doctors and patients face a painkiller crisis, even as they fight COVID | matthewheimer | December 16, 2020 | Fortune
Diets not only fail to make us thinner, they also fail to make us healthier in the long term.
In the video his face is a little thinner, his beard ever so slightly longer.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy comparison, Let Me Be Frank With You—as one meaning of the title suggests—is direct and thinner.
Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe | Tom LeClair | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike thinner and translucent for summer and warmer for winter.
Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture | Anthony Haden-Guest | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd in expected Apple fashion, the phones are thinner and faster than ever before.
Bigger, Bolder, and Better Than Ever: Steve Jobs Would Be Proud of Today's Apple | Kyle Chayka | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddMrs. Prentice eyed him in a way that would have made a person with a thinner skin writhe a little.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonFish guano has about the same effect, but gives a lighter color and thinner leaf.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.There was a stiff wind blowing, too, and this broke up the thinner ice around the water-holes.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonSupper is a repetition of the morning meal, except that the coffee looks thinner, the tincup more rusty.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for thinner
/ (ˈθɪnə) /
(often plural, functioning as singular) a solvent, such as turpentine, added to paint or varnish to dilute it, reduce its opacity or viscosity, or increase its penetration into the ground
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