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thin down

thin down verb: to become or make (something) thinner or smaller (in overall size, width or viscosity).

Verb

thin down (third-person singular simple present thins down, present participle thinning down, simple past and past participle thinned down)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To become or make (something) thinner or smaller (in overall size, width or viscosity).

Forms of thin down

third-person singular presentthins down
present participlethinning down
past participlethinned down
pastthinned down

Questions about thin down

What does thin down mean?
Thin down means to become or make (something) thinner or smaller (in overall size, width or viscosity).
What part of speech is thin down?
Thin down is a verb.
What is the past tense of thin down?
The past tense of thin down is thinned down.

Words near thin down in the dictionary

  1. thin blue line
  2. thin client
  3. thin clients
  4. thin computing
  5. thin content
  6. thin down
  7. thin edge of the wedge
  8. thin end of the wedge
  9. thin film
  10. thin films
  11. thin layer chromatography

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