dilute

[Di*luteĀ·]

When you dilute something, you make it thinner, weaker, or more watered down. If you put lots of ice cubes in your soda, the ice will melt and dilute the drink.

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To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

Verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

Verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

Adjective
reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"


v. t.
To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

v. t.
To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.

v. i.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

a.
Diluted; thin; weak.


Dilute

Di*lute" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See Lave, and cf. Deluge.] 1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.

Dilute

Di*lute" , v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

Dilute

Di*lute" , a. [L. dilutus, p. p.] Diluted; thin; weak.
A dilute and waterish exposition.

To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

Diluted; thin; weak.

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At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.

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