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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thin outverb

    make sparse

    "thin out the young plants"

  2. thin outverb

    become sparser

    "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"

  3. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cutverb

    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    "cut bourbon"

Wiktionary

  1. thin outverb

    To make sparse.

  2. thin outverb

    To become sparse.

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  1. thin out

    Thin out generally refers to the process of reducing the density or quantity of something. This could involve removing a part of a group to decrease crowding, diluting a substance, or reducing the thickness of an object. The exact meaning can vary depending on the context.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thin out in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thin out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of thin out in a Sentence

  1. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

    He's trying to thin out the opposition so that the only opposition left in Syria to Assad is ISIS, and at that point he'll be able to force world to support Assad, i don't understand why the White House doesn't see it and why the President and his administration don't understand that.

  2. Holly Phillips:

    Fluids help thin out the mucus that your body makes when you're sick, and when that germ-filled mucus is thinner, it's easier to clear out of your system.


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