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Dilute

//daɪˈlut// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a low concentration.

    "Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner."

  2. 2
    Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
  3. 3
    Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

    "a dilute calico"

Adjective
  1. 1
    reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

    "On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. transitive

    "Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more."

  2. 2
    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture wordnet
  3. 3
    To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. transitive

    "For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great."

  4. 4
    corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. transitive
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  1. 6
    To become attenuated, thin, or weak. intransitive

    "It dilutes easily."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

Etymology 2

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

Etymology 3

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

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