# thin out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.
2. To become sparse.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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