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make sparse
thin out the young plants -
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
cut bourbon -
become sparser
Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out
How To Use thin out In A Sentence
- The buildings began to thin out as they left the industrial sector of the city and entered onto a ramp that would take them to the freeway and towards Chris's house.
- Timber lobbyists and foresters say thin out some national forests as a means of fireproofing them and preventing more superfires; that means cutting trees - lots of them.
- thin out the young plants
- Toward the city limits the houses begin to thin out.
- To thin out thicker hair and give it a softer finish, Campbell prefers razor cutting over buzz cuts.
- He hoped the fog would thin out as he closed the coast; usually did and, if it didn't, he'd feel his way in with the depth sounder. CORMORANT
- There is no need to thin out all the twiggier growth, since this too will provide some smaller flowers. Times, Sunday Times
- Towards the city limits the houses begin to thin out.
- I want to thin out those tomato plants since they are growing too close together.
- In fact, all her books grew, like a plant, from within outwards; they were born in the nursery of the schoolroom, and nurtured by the suggestions of the children's interest, thus blooming in the gar - The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air
