- thin
- Ɵin
1. adjective
1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) tynn; spinkel2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) tynn, mager3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) tynn4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) tynn, glissen5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) tynn, dårlig, flau2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) tynne(s), bli tynn(ere)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin outfortynne--------mager--------ringe--------skrinn--------tynn--------ubetydeligIsubst. \/θɪn\/bare i uttrykkthrough thick and thin se ➢ thick, 2IIverb \/θɪn\/1) tynne, tynnes, bli tynn(ere)• his hair was thinninghan begynte å bli tynn i håret2) (om tåke) lette• we had better wait until the fog thinsvi bør vente til tåken letter3) fortynne, spe (ut), tynne (ut)4) redusere sterkt, desimere• war and diseases had thinned the populationkrig og sykdom hadde desimert befolkningen5) (skogbruk) hugge ut, tynne• this dense forest needs to be thinneddenne tette skogen må tynnesthe ranks are thinning se ➢ rank, 1thin down gjøre tynn(ere), spe (ut), fortynne• you have to thin down the paint before you start paintingdu må tynne ut malingen før du begynner å male redusere sterkt, desimereslanke seg, miste vekt, bli tynnere• she went on a diet and thinned downhun gikk på diett og ble tynnerethin out tynne ut• she was thinning out the radishes in the bedhun tynnet ut reddikene i bedetbli glissen• the audience was thinning outdet ble glissent blant tilskuerneIIIadj. \/θɪn\/1) tynn• he cut a thin slice of breadhan skar en tynn brødskive2) mager, tynn, smal• she has a face with thin lipshun har et ansikt med smale lepper• he has grown thinhan er blitt mager3) sparsom, tynn, spredt• the old man had very thin hairden gamle mannen hadde svært tynt hår4) fåtallig, glissen• the audience was thindet var et fåtallig publikum5) tyntflytende, tynn• he had some of the thin gruelhan spiste litt av den tynne vellingen6) (om tøy, gass, væske, luft e.l.) lett, tynn• they managed to see through the thin mistde klarte å se gjennom den tynne tåken7) (om stemme) tynn, spinkel8) spinkel, dårlig, tynn• that's a thin excuse!det er en dårlig unnskyldning!• the evidence in this case is thinbevismaterialet i denne saken er tynt9) gjennomsiktig, lett å gjennomskue• the disguise was thinforkledningen var lett å gjennomskue10) (hverdagslig) ubehagelig, ukomfortabel, forferdelig• he has had a thin time (of it)han har ikke hatt det særlig morsomt\/godt11) (om jord) skrinn, mager12) (fotografi) tynn• he examined a thin negativehan undersøkte et tynt negativappear out of thin air se ➢ air, 1as thin as a rake så tynn som en spikeron thin ice (også overført) på tynn isthin end of the wedge skråplan, begynnelse• it was the thin end of the wedgeog det var bare begynnelsen (hva kommer til å skje videre?)a thin majority se ➢ majoritybe thin on the ground være få av, være fåtallig• old cars like that are thin on the grounddet er langt mellom slike gamle bilerthin on top (hverdagslig) skallet, som begynner å bli skalletvanish into thin air se ➢ air, 1IVadv. \/θɪn\/tynt• he spread the butter (on) thinhan smurte et tynt lag smør på
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
