Dilute

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  • transitive verb. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.
  • transitive verb. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
  • transitive verb. To decrease the value of (shares of stock) by increasing the total number of shares.
  • adjective. Weakened; diluted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Thin; attenuated; reduced in strength, as spirit or color.
  • Weak; paltry; poor.
  • To render more liquid; make thin or more fluid, as by mixture of a fluid of less with one of greater consistence; attenuate the strength or consistence of: often used figuratively: as, to dilute a narrative with weak reflections.
  • Hence To weaken, as spirit or an acid, by an admixture of water or other liquid, which renders the spirit or acid less concentrated.
  • To make weak or weaker, as color, by mixture; reduce the strength or standard of.
  • To become liquid or more liquid; become thin or reduced in strength: as, vinegar dilutes easily.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
  • adjective. Diluted; thin; weak.
  • transitive verb. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
  • transitive verb. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
  • verb. To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  • verb. To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  • adjective. Having a low concentration.
  • adjective. Weak; reduced in strength due to dilution, diluted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
  • verb. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  • verb. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
  • Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    condense  thicken  
    cross-reference
    dilate  
    Equivalent
    cut  thinned  washy  watery  weak  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beirut  Bute  Butte  Jute  Root  
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