thin out

• Verbo que indica la acción de reducir la densidad, espesor o concentración de algo, o de volverse menos denso o numeroso, especialmente al eliminar parte de los elementos que lo componen.

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

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Reduce densityformal

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

   ralear

   • 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.

   Sinónimosattenuatedilutedisperserarefyspread out

   Antónimosconcentratecondensethicken

2. formal

   To become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

   adelgazarse, hacerse menos denso

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscleardecreasediminishdispersedissipatedwindlelessentaper off

   Antónimosconcentratecongestthicken

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