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to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees
ferry
impress
downsize
destroy
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Thinning #1 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 13:33 pm   Thinning		  
"His family was in the field thinning cotton."
What does 'thinning' mean in the sentence?
Are they plucking the cotton from the plants?
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Thinning #2 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 13:59 pm   Thinning		  
As I understand it, it means removing unwanted seedlings to allow more room for the plants that will grow to full size.
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