"thin" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

thin adjetivo

thin + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 397
thin layer • thin air • thin line • thin man • thin slice • thin lip • thin film • thin strip • thin sheet • thin smile • thin ice • thin stream • ...
verbo + thin
Kolokacji: 15
wear thin • stretch thin • grow thin • look thin • spread thin • ...
adverbio + thin
Kolokacji: 41
extremely thin • relatively thin • pretty thin • painfully thin • somewhat thin • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) relatively, comparatively
Kolokacji: 2
(5) dangerously, perilously
Kolokacji: 2
(6) impossibly, incredibly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) noticeably, invisibly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) considerably, infinitesimally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) increasingly, progressively
Kolokacji: 2
1. increasingly thin = coraz bardziej wąski increasingly thin
  • So the old Northeastern scouts find themselves expendable or spread increasingly thin.
  • Those roots, however, are planted in increasingly thin soil.
  • The young man's patience was growing increasingly thin.
  • But their support is increasingly thin, and the society at home is headed in a completely opposite direction.
  • Both company workers, and garbage receptacles, appear to be increasingly thin on the ground.
  • At forty, she looked far older than her years, becoming increasingly thin.
  • Nurses say that such situations will become more common as their ranks are spread increasingly thin.
  • Necessity seemed an increasingly thin reed to support her deception.
  • In its current state, a thin weekly on increasingly thin paper, Time magazine is not much of a thing to behold.
  • Mr. Miller agreed, saying the career staff, while spread increasingly thin, was "the cream of the crop."
thin + preposición
Kolokacji: 10
thin with • thin on • thin in • thin of • thin for • ...

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