thin out
Reduce the density
To thin out is to reduce in density or number.
A crowd thins out as people leave.
Hair thins out with age.
A gardener thins out seedlings to give survivors room to grow: I need to thin out these carrots.
The phrase emphasizes gradual dispersal or selective removal rather than complete elimination.
prune
Desiccated stone fruit
eliminate · trim · pare down · cut back · streamline · downsize · deplete · diminish · decrease · lessen
water down
Weaken by adding liquid
stretch · cut · extend · adulterate · liquefy · dissolve · disperse · diffuse · spread · mix in
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- diminishingabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce
- scaling downscale down, scale back, cut back, dial back, ramp down
- vanishingdisappearance, vanish, vanishing, disappear, fading
- Destroydestroy, annihilate, obliterate, demolish, devastate