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adj. dun, mager, ijl; klein; doorzichtig--------v. verdunnen, dunner maken; dunner worden; uit elkaar gaan; vermageren; zich langzaam verspreidenthin1[ θin] 〈bijvoeglijk naamwoord; thinner; thinness〉1 dun ⇒ smal, fijn; schraal; mager, slank2 dun (bezet/gezaaid) ⇒ dunbevolkt3 dun (vloeibaar) ⇒ slap, waterig♦voorbeelden:1 thin air • dunne/ijle lucht2 a thin audience • een klein/gering publiekhis hair is getting pretty thin on top • zijn haar begint al aardig te dunnen3 thin beer • dun/schraal biera thin voice • een zwak stemmetje¶ disappear/vanish into thin air • spoorloos/volledig verdwijnenthe thin end of the wedge • de eerste (ogenschijnlijk onbelangrijke) stap, het (aller)eerste beginskate on thin ice • zich op glad ijs/gevaarlijk terrein begeven/wagenhave a thin skin • erg gevoelig zijn〈 informeel〉 have a thin time • een moeilijke tijd doormaken; 〈 in het bijzonder〉 weinig succes boeken————————thin2〈werkwoord; thinned〉1 (ver)dunnen ⇒ dun(ner) worden/maken; uitdunnen, vermageren; (doen) afnemen (in dikte/dichtheid/aantal)2 verzwakken ⇒ (doen) afnemen (in kracht/belangrijkheid)♦voorbeelden:thin down/off/out • (uit/ver)dunnen, dunner worden/maken, (geleidelijk) verminderenthin out hair • haar (uit)dunnen————————thin3〈 bijwoord〉♦voorbeelden:
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