dilute
verb
- to dissolve or make liquid by addition of water
- water down, make weaker
adjective
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Pronunciation: /daɪˈljuːt/ / /daɪˈlut/ / /dɪˈlut/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- 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 dilute calico”
“a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat”
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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
Etymology: 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.
- To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
“Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.”
- To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
“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.”
““Stay a little.” “Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.””
- 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.”