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thin out
Overview of verb thin-out
The verb thin out has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) thin out -- (make sparse; "thin out the young plants")
2. thin out -- (become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out")
3. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut -- (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon")
Antonyms of verb thin-out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb thin-out
3 senses of thin out
Sense 1
thin out
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
thin out
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 3
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> weaken
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb thin-out
2 of 3 senses of thin out
Sense 1
thin out
=> snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
Sense 3
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> water down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb thin-out
3 senses of thin out
Sense 1
thin out
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Sense 2
thin out
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 3
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> weaken
'Cause To' of verb thin-out
Derived Forms of verb thin-out
Domain of verb thin-out
Domain Terms of verb thin-out
Familiarity of verb thin-out
thin out used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb thin-out
3 senses of thin out
Sense 1
thin out
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
thin out
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb thin-out
3 senses of thin out
Sense 1
thin out
> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> shorten
=> quench
=> retrench
=> slash
=> thin out
=> thin
=> take away, detract
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> shave, knock off
Sense 2
thin out
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 3
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
> weaken
=> de-energize, de-energise
=> break
=> devitalize, devitalise
=> shake
=> depress
=> unbrace
=> etiolate
=> cripple, stultify
=> dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> rarefy, attenuate
=> blunt
=> temper, season, mollify
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
=> enervate
=> dampen
=> neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
=> emasculate, castrate
=> wash out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb thin-out
Sense 1
thin out
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
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Sense 2
thin out
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 3
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> weaken
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