Sekirov Dictionary

thinning

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

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Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants
- The trimming, pruning and thinning must be managed with care. Some need more thinning than others. — 1881
•
The action or result of reducing thickness, density, or number
- It is highly likely that this thinning was not atrophic or pathological, but simply the thinning from stretching under the forces of labor, as Bandl and others explain it. — 1885
Wood, leaves, or other plant parts removed during the process of thinning

adjective1

Becoming less thick, dense, or numerous

forms

thinnings · more thinning · most thinning

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