| thin out | | |
| v. (change) | 1. thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ prune, lop, snip, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.; "dress the plants in the garden" |
| v. (change) | 2. thin out | become sparser.; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (change) | 3. cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin out | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ water down | make less strong or intense.; "water down the mixture" |
| washy | | |
| adj. | 1. washy, watery, weak | overly diluted; thin and insipid.; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" |
| ~ dilute, diluted | reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity.; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" |
| adj. | 2. bleached, faded, washed-out, washy | having lost freshness or brilliance of color.; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" |
| ~ colorless, colourless | weak in color; not colorful. |
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