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Adjective: thinned  thind
  1. Mixed with water
    "a cup of thinned soup";
    - cut
     
  2. Reduced in density or quantity by removing elements
    "the thinned forest allowed more light to reach the ground"
Verb: thin (thinned,thinning)  thin
  1. Make less dense, numerous or viscous
    "Thin the solution"; "They thinned the forest to prevent fires"
     
  2. Lose thickness; become thin or thinner
    "The crowd thinned as the night wore on"
     
  3. Lessen the strength or flavour of a solution or mixture
    "She thinned the paint with water";
    - dilute, thin out, cut
     
  4. Lose weight quickly or effortlessly
    "She thinned down over the summer";
    - melt off, slim, slenderize, slim down, slenderise [Brit], lose weight

See also: dilute, diluted

Type of: bring down, change state, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down, turn, weaken

Antonym: inspissate

Encyclopedia: Thin, Robert