Preposition: on

• ground: Extras are a little thin on the ground, which is a polite way to say there aren't any.

Used with adjective complement

• grow: Suddenly, however, the mist grew thinner, and it became just possible to locate the Napes.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• wear: Remember we still had no heating or hot water the pioneer spirit was beginning to wear a bit thin.

Preposition: of

• skin: Thinning of the skin and prominent blood vessels are the most common side effects.

Modifies a noun

• layer: Turn up the shine with a thin layer of clear lip gloss over lipstick or alone.

• slice: Cut a thin slice from the top of the onion.

• strip: A long thin strip of conductive foil moves within a magnetic field to generate a current hence voltage.

• crack: Step up using the thin vertical crack then traverse into the corner on the right.

• veneer: For many women, sex equality is a thin veneer which vanishes as soon as they take on caring responsibilities.

• coating: To provide a reflective surface a thin nickel coating was included.

Used with adjective complement

• wear: These excuses have now begun to wear thin however.

• stretch: Our armed forces are stretched rather thin, and there is a limit to how many of these deployments we can sustain.

• spread: I felt from the beginning that we were going into Chrome spread too thin.

• stick: As long as you are happy and healthy you don''t need to be stick thin.

Modifying Another Word

• painfully: She was painfully thin, with a pale, almost yellow complexion.