thinning

Speech parts

1. thinning - Noun

2. thinning - Adjective

3. thinning - Verb

Derived from thin

Meaning

of Thin

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cutting decimation ebbing reduce thin decrease erosion solvent thinner sparse alleviate weaken carving diminish weakening
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Antonyms

association alliance addition plumping rounding thickening
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Hypernyms

dilution

Phrases with the word

ozone layer thinning ozone thinning thinning of ozone layer thinning shears thinning out

Examples

Thirty--the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form inself on the edge of consciousness. Raymond Chandler

I remember the day I saw my hair was thinning. I don't remember caring much. I don't care. It's just hair. It never bothered me much. I was pretty young, too. And it happened and is happening veeery slowly. I have a feeling dead people get really mad when we complain about losing hair. Louis C.K.

we only asked for leopards to guard our thinning dreams. Charles Bukowski

Right now there are a lot of young actors out there. And in the next couple of years, there's inevitably going to be a thinning of the herd. I think if I improve as I go, I'll survive the slaughter. Joshua Jackson

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Close letter words and terms

thinness thinnest thinnet thinning of ozone layer thinning out thinning scissors