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THIN OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Example:
cut bourbon
Synonyms:
cut; dilute; reduce; thin; thin out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "thin out" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thin out"):
water down (make less strong or intense)
Sentence frames:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Make sparse
Example:
thin out the young plants
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "thin out" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thin out"):
clip; crop; cut back; dress; lop; prune; snip; trim (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)
Sentence frame:
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Sense 3
Meaning:
Become sparser
Example:
Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "thin out" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Sentence frame:
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