thin out

Questions about thin out

What does thin out mean?

thin out means "make sparse". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for thin out?

Close synonyms include dilute, thin, reduce, cut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thin out a common word?

thin out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.