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Collocations for thin - verb

Thin is used with these nouns as the subject:
ozone, traffic

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Thin is used with these nouns as the object:
rank

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Collocations for thin - adj.

1. of solid things: not thick

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem
become, wear
The fabric was wearing thin.
That joke is wearing a little thin. (figurative)

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
incredibly
a little, slightly, etc.

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2. not fat

VERBS

be, look
become, get, grow
stay
How do you manage to stay so thin?

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
She's tall and rather thin.
dangerously, painfully
The old horse was painfully thin.

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3. of liquids

VERBS

be, look, seem
The paint looks a little thin.
become, get
Be careful that the mixture doesn't get too thin.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
a little, slightly, etc.

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4. of poor quality

VERBS

be, seem
The evidence seems awfully thin.
become, grow, run
My patience is running thin.
remain

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
dangerously, perilously
The team is dangerously thin at wide receiver.

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PHRASES

spread sth (too) thin, stretch sth (too) thin
You can spread yourself too thin, often leading to poor choices.
His management team was stretched thin.
thin on the ground (BrE)
Jobs were still a bit thin on the ground (= not many were available).
thin on top
He's getting a little thin on top (= losing his hair).

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Thin is used with these nouns:
air, arm, atmosphere, beam, belt, blade, blanket, body, build, cardboard, chain, coat, coating, consistency, cord, cotton, cover, crack, crust, deposit, disguise, duvet, eyebrow, fabric, face, film, finger, frame, haze, ice, jacket, jumper, layer, leather, leg, limb, line, lip, liquid, man, margin, material, mattress, membrane, mist, moustache, mouth, neck, needle, nose, paint, paper, plastic, ribbon, sauce, scale, scar, shawl, sheet, shoulder, shred, silk, skin, skull, slice, smile, sock, soil, sole, soup, stem, stick, strand, strap, stream, strip, stripe, stroke, sweater, thread, trail, trickle, tube, veil, veneer, voice, waist, wall, wire, wrist

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