THINNING


Meaning of THINNING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

thinning (= becoming thinner because you are losing your hair )

His dark hair was thinning on top.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

hair

The eyes had sunken in and the skull was showing through the thinning hair of the pate.

Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.

He was thick-set, with thinning hair brushed back, a magnificent walrus moustache and several missing teeth.

The porter joined them, scratching his thinning hair .

At its centre was a man of less than average height with thinning hair and a somewhat barrel-chested build.

He was slim and fit with well-brushed thinning hair .

Many factors can contribute to thinning hair , including stress, diet, illness and even pregnancy as well as the natural ageing process.

He had thinning hair and a very lightweight suit in cream and white pinstripes.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He stared at the old stooped man with the thinning grey hair and bushy walrus moustache who controlled the nation's money.

He took encore after encore until the thinning crowd finally disappeared into the dark autumn evening.

He was thick-set, with thinning hair brushed back, a magnificent walrus moustache and several missing teeth.

The eyes had sunken in and the skull was showing through the thinning hair of the pate.

The hair was already thinning and perhaps to compensate he had grown a luxuriant Groucho moustache which almost hid his mouth.

The porter joined them, scratching his thinning hair.

Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.

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