thinning
noun, adjective, verb
thinning is a noun meaning “Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-H-I-N-N-I-N-G and has 2 syllables, and it appears 1.4 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of thinning is thinnings.
What does thinning mean?
noun
- 1
Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants
- 2
Wood, leaves, or other plant parts removed during the process of thinning
- 3
The action or result of reducing thickness, density, or number
adjective
- 1
Becoming less thick, dense, or numerous
thinning hair
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of thin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce thinning?
Thinning has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of thinning
- thinnings plural
- more thinning comparative
- most thinning superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is thinning?
Thinning appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Thinning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | adelgazante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.