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Verb thin out has 3 senses

thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants"
--₁ is one way to reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
thin out - become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"
--₂ is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
--₃ is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something