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thin
Adjective
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If something is thin, there is a short distance from one side to the other.
I can hear the people in the other room because the wall is thin.
The man was very tall and thin as a stick.
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If something is thin it doesn't have a lot of stuff in it.
The soup is too thin. It needs more flavour.
His hair is quite thin on top.
thin
Verb
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If something thins, there is less of it.
After the show, the crowd thinned out quickly and only a few people stayed.
My hair started thinning when I was 25.
limit
Noun
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The limit is the edge of how far something can go. It can go up to the limit but no farther.
This fence is at the limit of my property.
The heater sets a limit to how cold it can be in the house; it can't get colder than that.
There is no limit to what we can do.
limit
Verb
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To make something stay inside a limit.
The fence limits the cows from going out of the field.
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If you limit someone, you reduce or take away their freedom.