thin out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по уменьшению плотности, скученности или концентрации чего-либо, или становления менее плотным.

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

неисчисляемое · переходный и непереходный · фразовый, разделяемый

1. Reduce densityformal

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

   Проредить

   • 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.

   Синонимыattenuatedilutedisperserarefyspread out

   Антонимыconcentratecondensethicken

2. formal

   To become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

   Становиться менее плотным

   • 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.

   Синонимыcleardecreasediminishdispersedissipatedwindlelessentaper off

   Антонимыconcentratecongestthicken

Базовый глаголthin