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Thin out Common

Thin out has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make sparse

"thin out the young plants"

2

become sparser

"Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"

3

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

"cut bourbon"

4

To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded

Example Sentences
"thin out the young plants" verb
"Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" verb
"cut bourbon" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reduce decrease weaken
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
snip water down
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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