We found 5 definitions of thin out from 2 different sources.
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thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" | ||
trim back, trim down, cut back, bring down, cut down, trim, reduce, cut return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" | ||
lop, prune, snip, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" | ||
thin out - become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" | ||
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
thin out - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" | ||
dilute, thin, reduce, cut | ||
weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
water down thin by adding water to; "They watered down the moonshine" |