thin out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make sparse
thin out the young plants
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
become sparser
Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Sense 3 verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
cut bourbon
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
- water down hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prune |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilution |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thinning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilutant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilution |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | water down |