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1 thinness
noun tievums; vājums; plānums -
2 exaggerate
[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) pārspīlēt2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) pārspīlēt•* * *pārspīlēt -
3 thin
[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) plāns2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) tievs; vājš3) ((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.) šķidrs; plāns4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) rets; plāns5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) nepārliecinošs; vājš2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) novājēt; kļūt retākam/plānākam; (par pūli u.tml.) izklīst- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out* * *padarīt vājāku, vājināt; novājēt; retināt; kļūt tukšam; plāns; tievs, vājš; šķidrs; rets; smalks, sīks; retināts; neliels, trūcīgs; nepārliecinošs; blāvs; smalks; nepatīkams; plāni
См. также в других словарях:
Thinness — Thin ness, n. The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thinness — index immateriality, paucity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
thinness — meaning ‘the quality of being thin’, has two ns … Modern English usage
thinness — noun 1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width (Freq. 1) the tenuity of a hair the thinness of a rope • Syn: ↑tenuity, ↑slenderness • Ant: ↑thickness … Useful english dictionary
thinness — thin ► ADJECTIVE (thinner, thinnest) 1) having opposite surfaces or sides close together. 2) (of a garment or fabric) made of light material. 3) having little flesh or fat on the body. 4) having few parts or members relative to the area covered… … English terms dictionary
thinness — noun see thin I … New Collegiate Dictionary
thinness — See thinly. * * * … Universalium
thinness — noun The state of being thin … Wiktionary
thinness — Synonyms and related words: Lenten fare, admission of light, airiness, airy nothing, airy texture, attenuation, austerity, bodilessness, chinchiness, chintziness, clarity, clearness, crystal clearness, crystallinity, deadness, delicacy,… … Moby Thesaurus
thinness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slenderness, slimness, shallowness; see lightness 2 … English dictionary for students
thinness — , thinnest … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
