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Thin [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to the opposite; as a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

2. Rare; not dense; applied to fluids or to soft mixtures; as thin blood; thin milk; thin air.

3. In the day, when the air is more thin

4. Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals that compose the thing in a close or compact state; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin A thin audience in church is not uncommon. Important legislative business should not be transacted in a thin house.

5. Not full or well grown.

6. Seven thin ears. Genesis 41:6 .

7. Slim; small; slender; lean. A person becomes thin by disease. Some animals are naturally thin

8. Exile; small; fine; not full.

9. THIN hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.

10. Not thick or close; of a loose texture; not impervious to the sight; as a thin vail.

11. Not crowded or well stocked; not abounding.

12. Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

13. Slight; not sufficient for a covering; as a thin disguise.

Thin [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state; as seed sown thin

2. Spain is thin sown as people.

Thin [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To make thin; to make rare or less thick; to attenuate; as, to thin the blood.

2. To make less close, crowded or numerous; as, to thin the ranks of an enemy; to thin the trees or shrubs of a thicket.

3. To attenuate; to rarefy; to make less dense; as, to thin the air; to thin the vapors.

Thin [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

Thin [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

3. Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

Thin [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

Thin [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Thin-skinned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

Thine [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. THINE , pronominal adj. Thy; belonging to thee; relating to thee; being the property of thee. It was formerly used for thy, before a vowel.

2. Then thou mightest eat grapes thy fill, at thine own pleasure. Deuteronomy 32:1 .

3. But in common usage, thy is now used before a vowel in all cases.

4. The principal use of thine now is when a verb is interposed between this word and the noun to which it refers. I will not take any thing that is thine thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.

5. In the following passage, thine is used as a substitute for thy righteousness.

6. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. Psalms 71:2 .

7. In some cases, it is preceded by the sign of the possessive case, like nouns, and is then also to be considered as a substitute.

8. If any of thine be driven out to the utmost parts of heaven-- Deuteronomy 30:2 .

9. It is to be observed that thine like thou, is used only in the solemn style. In familiar and common language, your and yours are always used in the singular number as well as the plural.

Thine [Pronoun and adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.

Thing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An event or action; that which happens or falls out, or that which is done, told or proposed. This is the general signification of the word in the Scriptures; as after these things, that is, events.

2. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Genesis 21:11 .

3. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, the thing proceedeth from the Lord. Genesis 24:50 .

4. And Jacob said, all these things are against me. Gen 42.

5. I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Matthew 21:24 .

6. These things said Esaias when he saw his glory. John 12:16 .

7. In learning French, choose such books as will teach you things as well as language.

8. Any substance; that which is created; any particular article or commodity.

9. He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt-- Gen 42.

10. They took the things which Micah had made. Judges 18:7 .

11. An animal; as every living thing; every creeping thing Gen 1.

12. [This application of the word is improper, but common in popular and vulgar language.]

13. A portion or part; something.

14. Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom--

15. In contempt.

16. I have a thing in prose.

17. Used of persons in contempt.

18. See, sons, what things you are,

19. The poor thing sigh'd.

20. I'll be this abject thing no more.

21. Used in a sense of honor.

22. I see thee here,

23. Thou noble thing!

Thing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

2. An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

3. A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

4. A portion or part; something.

5. A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.

6. Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.

7. Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.

8. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

Think [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense and participle passive thought, pronoun thaut. [Latin duco.]

2. To have the mind occupied on some subject; to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind.

3. --For that I am

4. I know, because I think

5. These are not matters to be slightly thought on.

6. To judge; to conclude; to hold as a settled opinion. I think it will rain tomorrow. I think it not best to proceed on our journey.

7. Let them marry to whom they think best. Numbers 36:6 .

8. To intend.

9. Thou thought'st to help me.

10. I thought to promote thee to great honor. Numbers 24:11 .

11. To imagine; to suppose; to fancy.

12. Edmund, I think is gone

13. In pity of his misery, to dispatch

14. His 'nighted life.

15. Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12 .

16. To muse; to meditate.

17. While Peter thought on the vision-- Acts 10:1 .

18. THINK much, speak little.

19. To reflect; to recollect or call to mind.

20. And when Peter thought thereon, he wept. Mark 14:64 .

21. To consider; to deliberate. think how this thing could happen.

22. He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?

23. Luke 12:40 .

24. To presume.

25. THINK not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father-- Matthew 3:9 .

26. To believe; to esteem.

27. To think on or upon, to muse on; to meditate on.

28. If there by any virtue, and if there by any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8 .

29. To light on by meditation. He has just thought on an expedient that will answer the purpose.

30. To remember with favor.

31. THINK upon me, my God, for good. Nehemiah 5:19 .

32. To think of, to have ideas come into the mind. He thought of what you told him. I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.

33. To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem.

Think [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To conceive; to imagine.

2. Charity--thinketh no evil. 1 Corinthians 13:5 .

3. To believe; to consider; to esteem.

4. Nor think superfluous others' aid.

5. To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought. These are genuine Saxon phrases, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions, me is actually in the dative case; almost the only instance remaining in the language. Sax 'genoh thuht, ' satis visum est, it appeared enough or sufficient; 'me thineth, ' mihi videtur, it seems to me; I perceive.

6. To think much, to grudge.

7. He thought not much to clothe his enemies.

8. To think much of, to hold in high esteem.

9. To think scorn, to disdain. Esther 3:1 .

Think [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

2. To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.

3. To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.

4. To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.

5. To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.

6. To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.

7. To presume; to venture.

8. To conceive; to imagine.

9. To plan or design; to plot; to compass.

10. To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Thinkable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.

Thinker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who thinks; but chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker

Thinker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

Thinking [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas.

2. Man is a thinking being.

Thinking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Imagination; cogitation; judgment.

2. I heard a bird so sing,

3. Whose music, to my thinking pleas'd the king.

Thinking [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having ideas; supposing; judging; imagining; intending; meditating.

Thinking [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.

Thinking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.

Thinking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Think

Thinly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a loose scattered manner; not thickly; as ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.

Thinly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.

Thinned [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Thin

Thinner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who thins, or makes thinner.

Thinness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of being thin; smallness of extent from one side or surface to the opposite; as the thinness of ice; the thinness of a plate; the thinness of the skin.

2. Tenuity; rareness; as the thinness of air or other fluid.

3. A state approaching to fluidity, or even fluidity; opposed to spissitude; as the thinness of honey, of white wash or of paint.

4. Exility; as the thinness of a point.

5. Rareness; a scattered state; paucity; as the thinness of trees in a forest; the thinness of inhabitants.

Thinness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

Thinning [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Thin

Thinnish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Somewhat thin.

Thinolite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.

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Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

Genesis 6:17

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

Genesis 6:19

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

Genesis 6:20

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 7:8

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

Genesis 7:14

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:21

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

Genesis 7:23

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

Genesis 8:17

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

Genesis 8:19

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.