Thinning

Quick meaning: Thinning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of thin.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of thin.

More Meanings

1. (agriculture, forestry) Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants
2. (agriculture, forestry) Wood, leaves, or other plant parts removed during the process of thinning
3. The action or result of reducing thickness, density, or number
4. Becoming less thick, dense, or numerous

Example Sentences

thinning hair

The trimming, pruning and thinning must be managed with care. Some need more thinning than others.

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.

but with a suitable mixture of early and late maturing kinds, the young hickories, ashs and larches can be utilized as thinnings, at a profit. In estimating the value of the thinnings upon the basis of Prof. Sargent's estimate of the acreage yield of hoop poles from hickory plantations,

Word Forms

• thinnings

Synonyms for thinning

Depending on context, synonyms include cutting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cutting, clarification, break, depletion, narrowing, shrinking.

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