thin out

• Partikelverb, das verwendet wird, um die Handlung zu bezeichnen, die Dichte, Gedrängtheit oder Konzentration von etwas zu verringern oder weniger dicht zu werden.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something less dense, crowded, or concentrated, or becoming less dense.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Reduce densityformal

   To make something less dense or crowded by removing some of its parts.

   Ausdünnen

   • The gardener thinned out the seedlings to give them more room to grow.
   • We need to thin out the paint with some water.
   • The crowd began to thin out after the concert ended.

   Synonymeattenuatedilutedisperserarefyspread out

   Antonymeconcentratecondensethicken

2. formal

   To become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

   Dünner werden

   • The fog started to thin out as the sun rose.
   • The traffic thinned out after the rush hour.
   • His hair began to thin out as he got older.

   Synonymecleardecreasediminishdispersedissipatedwindlelessentaper off

   Antonymeconcentratecongestthicken

Grundverbthin