| sheer | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer | turn sharply; change direction abruptly.; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ peel off | leave a formation. |
| ~ yaw | swerve off course momentarily.; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it" |
| v. (motion) | 2. sheer | cause to sheer.; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
| ~ channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| adj. | 3. absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer | complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity" |
| ~ complete | having every necessary or normal part or component or step.; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" |
| adj. | 4. plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed | not mixed with extraneous elements.; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
| ~ pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind.; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" |
| adj. | 5. bluff, bold, sheer | very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front.; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" |
| ~ steep | having a sharp inclination.; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs" |
| adj. | 6. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous | so thin as to transmit light.; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" |
| ~ thin | 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" |
| adv. | 7. perpendicularly, sheer | straight up or down without a break. |
| adv. | 8. sheer | directly.; "he fell sheer into the water" |
| slim | | |
| v. (body) | 1. lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin | take off weight. |
| ~ sweat off | lose weight by sweating.; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| adj. | 2. slender, slight, slim, svelte | being of delicate or slender build.; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" |
| ~ lean, thin | lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" |
| adj. | 3. slender, slim | small in quantity.; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus" |
| ~ little, small | limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" |
| thin | | |
| v. (change) | 1. thin | lose thickness; become thin or thinner. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (change) | 2. thin | make thin or thinner.; "Thin the solution" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ draw | reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die.; "draw wire" |
| ~ thin | lose thickness; become thin or thinner. |
| v. (change) | 3. cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin out | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ water down | make less strong or intense.; "water down the mixture" |
| adj. | 4. thin | 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" |
| ~ lean, thin | lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" |
| ~ bladed | composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade.; "bladed arsenopyrite" |
| ~ hairlike, capillary | long and slender with a very small internal diameter.; "a capillary tube" |
| ~ compressed, flat | flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). |
| ~ depressed | flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces. |
| ~ cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, vaporous, vapourous, gossamer, transparent, sheer | so thin as to transmit light.; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" |
| ~ filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready | thin in diameter; resembling a thread. |
| ~ fine | thin in thickness or diameter.; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" |
| ~ light | very thin and insubstantial.; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses" |
| ~ hyperfine | extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components.; "hyperfine structure" |
| ~ paper thin | thin as paper.; "her blouse was paper thin" |
| ~ papery | thin and paperlike.; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material" |
| ~ ribbonlike, ribbony | long and thin; resembling a ribbon.; "ribbonlike noodles" |
| ~ sleazy | of cloth; thin and loosely woven.; "the coat has a sleazy lining" |
| ~ slender | having little width in proportion to the length or height.; "a slender pole" |
| ~ tenuous | very thin in gauge or diameter.; "a tenuous thread" |
| ~ wafer-thin | very thin.; "wafer-thin sheets of metal" |
| ~ narrow | not wide.; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" |
| adj. | 5. lean, thin | lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" |
| ~ ectomorphic | having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs. |
| ~ anorectic, anorexic | suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin. |
| ~ bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" |
| ~ deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed | characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver. |
| ~ gangling, gangly, lanky | tall and thin. |
| ~ spindly, lank | long and lean. |
| ~ rawboned | having a lean and bony physique.; "a rawboned cow hand" |
| ~ reedlike, reedy | resembling a reed in being upright and slender. |
| ~ twiggy, twiglike | thin as a twig. |
| ~ scarecrowish | resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged.; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure" |
| ~ scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, boney, weedy | being very thin.; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" |
| ~ shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened, shriveled, shrivelled | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" |
| ~ slender, slim, slight, svelte | being of delicate or slender build.; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" |
| ~ slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted | having a small waist. |
| ~ spare, trim | thin and fit.; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" |
| ~ spindle-legged, spindle-shanked | having long slender legs. |
| ~ stringy, wiry | lean and sinewy. |
| ~ wisplike, wispy | thin and weak.; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet" |
| ~ thin | 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" |
| adj. | 6. slender, thin | very narrow.; "a thin line across the page" |
| ~ narrow | not wide.; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" |
| adj. | 7. sparse, thin | not dense.; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" |
| ~ distributed | spread out or scattered about or divided up. |
| adj. | 8. thin | 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" |
| ~ tenuous | having thin consistency.; "a tenuous fluid" |
| ~ rarefied, rarified, rare | having low density.; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" |
| adj. | 9. thin | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume.; "a thin feeble cry" |
| ~ pale | not full or rich.; "high, pale, pure and lovely song" |
| adj. | 10. thin | lacking spirit or sincere effort.; "a thin smile" |
| ~ spiritless | lacking ardor or vigor or energy.; "a spiritless reply to criticism" |
| adj. | 11. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin | lacking substance or significance.; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame" |
| ~ unimportant, insignificant | devoid of importance, meaning, or force. |
| adv. | 12. thin, thinly | without viscosity.; "the blood was flowing thin" |
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