thin out

Verb
  1. Make sparse (synset 200431323)
    "thin out the young plants"
    is a type of: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in
    subtypes: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  2. Become sparser (synset 200431447)
    "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"
    is a type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen - decrease in size, extent, or range
  3. Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture (synset 200226497)
    "cut bourbon"
    is a type of: weaken - lessen the strength of
    subtypes: water down - make less strong or intense
    same as: cut, dilute, reduce, thin

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