thinned the herd

A form of thin the herd — to cull, to reduce the size of a group

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of thin the herd
Cite this entry
APA

thinned the herd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinned%20the%20herd

MLA

“thinned the herd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinned%20the%20herd. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thinned the herd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinned%20the%20herd.

Source: thinned the herd on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.