dilute

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/daɪˈljuːt/ English

Definitions

noun

An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

verb

To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.“It dilutes easily.”

adjective

Having a low concentration.“Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.”
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.“a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat”

Related words

Synonyms

water down thin reduce weakened debase adulterate washy stretch weak cut watery white thin out thinned diluent dilution

Antonyms

Associated

sulfuric nitric agouti hydroxide aqueous bleach acetic osmotic solute condensate peroxide

Rhymes

astute dispute acute destitute refute constitute brute moot bruit pursuit

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