thin out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de réduire la densité, la concentration ou le nombre de quelque chose, ou le fait de devenir moins dense ou moins nombreux.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Reduce densityformal

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

   Éclaircir

   • 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.

   Synonymesattenuatedilutedisperserarefyspread out

   Antonymesconcentratecondensethicken

2. formal

   To become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

   s'éclaircir

   • 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.

   Synonymescleardecreasediminishdispersedissipatedwindlelessentaper off

   Antonymesconcentratecongestthicken

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