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thin out

DEFINITIONS OF: thin out

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v make sparse

“thin out the young plants”
Types:
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clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
shear
cut with shears
poll, pollard
convert into a pollard
pinch, top
cut the top off
disbud
thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
Type of:
bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
cut down on; make a reduction in

v become sparser

“Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out”
Type of:
decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
decrease in size, extent, or range

v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Synonyms:
cut, dilute, reduce, thin
Types:
water down
make less strong or intense
Type of:
weaken
lessen the strength of
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