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9 VERB When you thin something or when it thins , it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it. □ [V n] Reduce the wind resistance by thinning the tree's canopy. □ [V ] By midnight the crowd had thinned. ● PHRASAL VERB Thin out means the same as thin . □ [V P n] NATO will continue to thin out its forces. □ [V P ] When the crowd began to thin out, I realized that most of the food was still there. [Also V n P ]

10 VERB To thin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it. □ [V n] It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly. ● PHRASAL VERB Thin down means the same as thin . □ [V P n] Thin down your mayonnaise with soured cream or natural yoghurt.

11 VERB If a man's hair is thinning , it has begun to fall out. □ [V ] His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.

12 PHRASE If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin , they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone. □  Parliament has not tackled the economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.

13on thin ice → see ice

14thin air → see air

▸  thin down → see thin 12

▸  thin out → see thin 11

thine /ða I n/ PRON Thine is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for 'yours' when you are talking to only one person. □  I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice.

thing ◆◆◆ /θ I ŋ/ (things )

1 N‑COUNT You can use thing to refer to any object, feature, or event when you cannot, need not, or do not want to refer to it more precisely. □  'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?'—'Some kind of statue, I guess.' □  She was in the middle of clearing the breakfast things. □  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? □  A strange thing happened.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Thing is used in lists and descriptions to give examples or to increase the range of what you are referring to. □  These are genetic disorders. They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia. □  The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that.

3 N‑COUNT [adj N ] Thing is often used after an adjective, where it would also be possible just to use the adjective. For example, you can say it's a different thing instead of it's different . □  To be a parent is a terribly difficult thing.

4 N‑SING Thing is often used instead of the pronouns 'anything,' or 'everything' in order to emphasize what you are saying. [EMPHASIS ] □  It isn't going to solve a single thing. □  Don't you worry about a thing.

5 N‑COUNT Thing is used in expressions such as such a thing or things like that , especially in negative statements, in order to emphasize the bad or difficult situation you are referring back to. [EMPHASIS ] □  I don't believe he would tell Leo such a thing.

6 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] You can use thing to refer in a vague way to a situation, activity, or idea, especially when you want to suggest that it is not very important. [INFORMAL , VAGUENESS ] □  I'm a bit unsettled tonight. This war thing's upsetting me.

7 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] You often use thing to indicate to the person you are addressing that you are about to mention something important, or something that you particularly want them to know. □  One thing I am sure of was that she was scared. □  The funny thing is that the rest of us have known that for years.