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• n  the act of diluting something
  the thinning of paint with turpentine
• 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

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

• thicken
• gain

News & Articles

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• Thinning & bagging apple trees, straw bale gardening
  The FOX6 WakeUp crew hangs in the FOX6 garden with Consumer Horticulture Agent, Sharon Morrisey to talk about thinning and...
  June 10, 2013 - FOX 6 Milwaukee
• Mill delay sets back thinning
  Without financing for a mill to process the wood, just 1,000 acres of thinning has been scheduled over the next 18 months.
  June 9, 2013 - Arizona Daily Sun
• Prisoner injured during tree-thinning operation
  A prisoner from the Arizona Department of Corrections prison in Winslow was injured during a tree thinning operation near Flagstaff Wednesday.
  June 6, 2013 - Arizona Daily Sun

Quotes

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• David Petraeus in Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
  The new emphasis on aiding the government, Petraeus said, must come "while continuing to draw down our forces, thinning our presence, and gradually handing over responsibilities to our Iraqi partners."
• Franz Beckenbauer in International Herald Tribune
  The step is justifiable because there is no real difference in quality between the 16th and 24th,Beckenbauer said Wednesday. "But if the teams were increased 100 percent, the thinning of quality would be too large."
• Tim Bresnan in guardian.co.uk
  I got told that last night - and I think 'good on 'im',said Bresnan. "If he fancies a weave, crack on son. If one day I'm thinning out, I'll go get one - and I won't really care who knows about it. If he's getting a wedge of cash to do...