thin out

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verb

1. make sparse (Freq. 1)
- 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:
- Somebody ----s something
2. become sparser
- Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- 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:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something