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prethin

prethin verb: to thin in advance.

Verb

prethin (third-person singular simple present prethins, present participle prethinning, simple past and past participle prethinned)

  1. (transitive) To thin in advance.
    • to prethin paint
  2. (transitive) To thin out (plants or crops) in order to stimulate growth in the remainder.

Forms of prethin

third-person singular presentprethins
present participleprethinning
past participleprethinned
pastprethinned

Origin of prethin

From pre- + thin.

Questions about prethin

What does prethin mean?
Prethin means to thin in advance.
What part of speech is prethin?
Prethin is a verb.
What is the past tense of prethin?
The past tense of prethin is prethinned.

Words near prethin in the dictionary

  1. prethermal
  2. prethermalization
  3. prethermalize
  4. prethermalized
  5. prethermalizes
  6. prethin
  7. prethinned
  8. prethinning
  9. prethins
  10. prethiolase
  11. prethiolases

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