thinned out
Reduced in number
Thinned out describes something that has become less dense or numerous.
A crowd thins out as people leave.
Hair thins out with age.
Gardeners thin out seedlings to give remaining plants room to grow.
The fog had thinned out by noon.
Traffic finally thinned out after the exit.
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- culledSelected for removal
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- few and far betweenRarely encountered, widely spaced
- rarefiedMade less dense
winnowed · wispy · meager · lightened · receding · watered-down · bare · balding · hair loss · weeded · scanty · scarce · depleted · patchy · scattered · attenuate · weakened · worn away