"thin out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thins out [present, singular, third-person], thinning out [participle, present], thinned out [participle, past], thinned out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} thin out (third-person singular simple present thins out, present participle thinning out, simple past and past participle thinned out)
  1. (transitive) To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded. Tags: transitive Translations (to make sparse): разреждам (razreždam) (Bulgarian), protrhat (Czech), harventaa (Finnish), démarier [agriculture, business, lifestyle] (French), éclaircir (French), ausdünnen (German), לדלל (Hebrew), przerzedzać [imperfective] (Polish), przerzedzić [perfective] (Polish), dispersar (Spanish), прорі́джувати (prorídžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), проріди́ти (proridýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розрі́джувати (rozrídžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розріди́ти (rozridýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), treråyî [agriculture, business, lifestyle] (Walloon), distrocler (Walloon), asclairi (Walloon)
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  2. (intransitive) To become sparse. Tags: intransitive Related terms: prethin Translations (to become sparse): prořídnout (Czech), řídnout (Czech), harventua (Finnish), harveta (Finnish), harveta (Ingrian), przerzedzać się [imperfective] (Polish), przerzedzić się [perfective] (Polish), dispersar [pronominal] (Spanish), прорі́джуватися (prorídžuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), проріди́тися (proridýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-thin_out-en-verb-Lmuqa5ff Disambiguation of 'to become sparse': 17 83

Inflected forms

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    "Thinning"
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  "word": "thin out"
}

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