Usually means: Reducing density or quantity gradually.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. thinning: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thinning: Merriam-Webster
  3. thinning: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thinning: Collins English Dictionary
  5. thinning: Vocabulary.com
  6. Thinning, thinning: Wordnik
  7. thinning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. thinning: Wiktionary
  9. thinning: Dictionary.com
  10. thinning: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. The Thinning, Thinning (disambiguation), Thinning (morphology), Thinning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Thinning: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. thinning: Rhymezone
  14. Thinning: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. thinning: FreeDictionary.org
  16. thinning: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. thinning: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thinning: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thinning: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. thinning: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thinning: Idioms

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Thinning: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  4. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. UNDERSTANDING FORESTRY TERMS -- FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS (No longer online)
  2. THINNING: NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thinning)

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

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