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(adj)
(of a person or the face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
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Thin; slim.
Insubstantial.
(v)
(transitive) To make more slender.
Slender; thin.
(intransitive) To become less heavy or obese.
(ambitransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner.
(informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Resembling or characteristic of a twig; thin and brittle.
Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
Thin, muscular and flexible.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Alternative spelling of rarefied. [Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.]
Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
Thin, malnourished, and weak.
Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
Not dense; meager; scanty
(informal, derogatory) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.
Collapsed in size.
Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
Having a low concentration.
Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
Light in color.
Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
Physically fit.
Lean or thin, scrawny.
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
Extra.
Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
Minor; small in amount
Pressed tightly together.
(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
(archaic, derogatory) Thin and lanky, with long legs.
Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
Having sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleep.
(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
Unhappy; despondent.
Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
Very uncommon; scarce.
of, or relating to the skeleton
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
Transparent or translucent; that can be seen through.
Resembling or characteristic of a scarecrow.
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
(participial adjective) Having been cut.
Having no variations in height.
Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.
Resembling or characteristic of a wisp.
Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
(of food) Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.
Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
Having a blade; having the specified number or type of blades.
Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action.
Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
Like ribbon.
having the characteristics of ribbons
(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
Of, similar to, or related to paper.
Having the form of a thread.
Having a very slim waist, especially as a result of tightly-laced clothing.
(of a sound or voice) High and thin in tone.
Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
Resembling or characteristic of a filament.
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
(n)
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
With little flesh; skinny, thin.
(intransitive) To become sparse.
(of a person) Thin and angular.
Abounding with weeds.
Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
Spread across a relatively wide area.
take off weight
having a small waist
Having spindly legs.
Having eyes that appear as though they have retreated back into the sockets, especially as a result or fatigue, ill-health, ageing, trauma, etc.
Stripped of unnecessary features.
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
Alternative form of lightweight. [Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity.]
(adv)
(degree) To a small extent or degree.
(especially of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build.