from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A liquid, such as turpentine, mixed with paint or varnish to reduce its viscosity and make it easier to apply.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun One who or that which thins.
noun Specifically, a liquid used in thinning down a paste paint. Liquids so used are linseed-oil, Japan drier, and turpentine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun One who thins, or makes thinner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective comparative form of thin: more thin
noun A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.
noun Something that thins.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a diluting agent
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The film should probably be seen by all health professionals dealing with obesity - especially those, who widely promote the general ideology that thinner is healthier (even though epidemiological studies clearly tell us that this IS NOT THE CASE!).
Children who have had a mechanical valve surgically placed will need routine monitoring to make sure that the blood thinner is creating just the right amount of thinning effect.
When that long-looked-for moment comes at last, the explorer trusts himself to the rope – a flimsy twist of palm fibre, which becomes visibly thinner from the strain – and goes down as if into a mine.
The Asia Society has some very good stuff on glacial melting in the Himalayas on their website, under the title "On thinner Ice" and a useful general report on Asian water security that's online as a PDF.
The Asia Society has some very good stuff on glacial melting in the Himalayas on their website, under the title "On thinner Ice" and a useful general report on Asian water security that's online as a PDF.
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