Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thinning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thinning}.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.]
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thinning
n : the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with
water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn: {cutting}]
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