Past tense of thin
regular verb
The past tense of thin is thinned. The past participle is also thinned.
Forms of thin
| Base form (V1) | thin /ˈθɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | thinned |
| Past participle (V3) | thinned |
| Present participle | thinning |
| Third person singular | thins |
Thinned in a sentence
- The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
- His pit bull parts thinned out his back end but gave him a Bluto disproportion in his front end.2010, Susan Wilson, One Good Dog, page 21. From the entry Bluto
- The baby carrots and the little rosebud beets which are being thinned out of the garden should be canned at the present time.1916 September, T. J. Newbill, “Canning Vegetables by the Cold-pack Process”, in Monthly Bulletin, volume 4, number 6, Puyallup, Wash.…. From the entry baby carrot
- As they left the built-up centre of Glasgow the buildings gradually thinned out, and there was a feeling of light and space that she had never experienced before.2012, Meg Henderson, Chasing Angels. From the entry built-up
- As it thinned from the density of AstroTurf to spare wisps, he hid his head under a beanie before logging on to play video games on the livestreaming platform Twitch.2023 December 13, Callie Holtermann, “Losing Hair, Gaining Followers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2024. From the entry Zeph
Meaning of thin
- adjective Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- adjective Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- adjective Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Questions about the past tense of thin
- What is the past tense of thin?
- The past tense of thin is thinned.
- What is the past participle of thin?
- The past participle of thin is thinned.
- Is thin a regular or irregular verb?
- Thin is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thin (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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