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• v  lose thickness; become thin or thinner
• v  make thin or thinner
• v  lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
• v  take off weight
• s  mixed with water
  a cup of thinned soup

• As a result of such comments, the number of countries which plan to support Hosni's UNESCO bid have thinned, and eight other rivals have stepped up.
• If the number of protesters on the streets of Tehran has thinned in recent days a result of the bloody crackdown by police and militia that continued in parts of the capital on .
• Gray matter is thinned out at a rate of about 0.

• thin
• dilute
• thin out
• reduce
• cut
• melt off
• lose weight
• slim
• slenderize
• slim down
• weakened

• thicken
• gain

News & Articles

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• Tracy McGrady’s Rationale Off Base on Why NBA Players Should Go to College for Two Years
  The 1990s and early 2000s is arguably the ultimate era of “What ifs?” in NBA history, with the ’70s as the only other decade really in the discussion. Yet while the ’70s were marred by drug use and a talent pool thinned by expansion and the rise of the ABA, the ’90s and aughts simply […]
  June 11, 2013 - New England Sports Network
• LITCHFIELD HILLS ROAD RACE: Eliud Ngetich finishes ahead of the pack (with video)
  LITCHFIELD >> The front of a pack of 1,532 runners thinned early Sunday afternoon in the 37th running of the 7.1-mile Litchfield Hills Road Race.
  June 10, 2013 - The Register Citizen
• Public safety a top concern in San Jose budget
  City leaders agree that San Jose needs to do more to shore up police and fire departments thinned by pay, benefit and job cuts, but disagree how much the city can afford to do.
  June 7, 2013 - San Jose Mercury News

Quotes

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• Urban Meyer in SportingNews.com
  It's as big a concern as we have,Florida coach Urban Meyer said. "We're just thinned out right now back there."
• Kobe Bryant in Forbes
  We have basically our starting frontcourt out, so it's thinned our bench somewhat,Bryant said. "The season is all about peaks and valleys. Good teams are going to bounce back from it."
• Atsushi Itō in Reuters
  That is obvious from the absence of profit-taking when the 10-year yield declined below 1.5 percent. Some investors are likely taking advantage of the holiday-thinned market to shop while they can,said Ito.