thinning out
Gradually reducing density
Thinning out is the process of reducing density or numbers, whether gradually or deliberately.
Hair thins out with age.
A crowd thins out as people leave.
Gardeners thin out seedlings to give remaining plants room to grow: I spent the morning thinning out the carrot rows.
Traffic thins out after rush hour.
- cullingSelective population reduction
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- trimmingCutting away excess
- wispsThin floating strands
- cutting backDecreasing amount or extent
cutting down · balding · bare · pruning · dispersal · receding · attrition · losing ground · gaps · pollarding · depopulation · dying off · diluting · pluck · sparse · clearing · tree care · fading
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- Running Lowrunning low, in short supply, running out, dried up, at a premium
thinning outthickening
Increasing in density
densifying · concentrating · clustering · packing in · compacting
thinning outfilling out
Entering required information
proliferating · multiplying · increasing · flourishing · burgeoning
thinning outgathering
Collection of people meeting
congregating · converging · assembling · massing · flocking
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