tunna.
to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions ut, (rare) ur, (rare) av).
Meaning & usage
to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions ut, (rare) ur, (rare) av).
åtminstone hade hans ansikte spår av en gammal våldsam solbränna, som för länge sedan hade tunnats ut till gult
Månen föll och stjärnorna tunnade av.
Where this word comes from
From tunn.
a barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
a drum (of for example metal or plastic, with similar sense extension from barrel as in English)
a barrel, an historic measure of dry volume, four-bushel measure
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish tunna, from Old Norse tunna. Cognate with Old Saxon tunna, Old English tunne, Medieval Latin tunna, tonna.
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