thin out

thin out
verb
1. make sparse (Freq. 1)
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thin out the young plants

Hypernyms:
reduce, ↑cut down, ↑cut back, ↑trim, ↑trim down, ↑trim back, ↑cut, ↑bring down
Hyponyms:
snip, ↑clip, ↑crop, ↑trim, ↑lop, ↑dress, ↑prune, ↑cut back
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. become sparser
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Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out

Hypernyms: ↑decrease, ↑diminish, ↑lessen, ↑fall
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

3. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
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cut bourbon

Syn: ↑dilute, ↑thin, ↑reduce, ↑cut
Derivationally related forms: ↑cutting (for: ↑cut), ↑thinner (for: ↑thin), ↑thinning (for: ↑thin), ↑dilution (for: ↑dilute), ↑dilutant (for: ↑dilute)
Hypernyms: ↑weaken
Hyponyms: ↑water down
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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