What is "dilute" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does dilute mean in English? Meaning of dilute definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "dilute" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "dilute": lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Verb

  • Meaning: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  • Example: cut bourbon
  • Synonyms: cut dilute reduce thin thin out
  • Hyponyms: water down
  • Hypernyms: weaken
  • Meaning of "dilute": reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

    Adjective

  • Meaning: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
  • Example: diluted alcohol a dilute solution dilute acetic acid
  • Synonyms: dilute diluted
  • Antonyms: undiluted
  • Similar: cut thinned washy watery weak weakened white
  • Meaning of "dilute": corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

    Verb

  • Meaning: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
  • Example: adulterate liquor
  • Synonyms: adulterate debase dilute load stretch
  • Hyponyms: doctor doctor up sophisticate water down
  • Hypernyms: corrupt spoil
  • Adjective: (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water. Blackmore Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.Blackmore Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. Sir Isaac Newton Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.Sir Isaac Newton Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak. it dilutes easily
  • Synonyms:

    mitigate, lessen, reduce, temper, modify, adulterate, decrease, water down, diminish, alter, shave, deliquesce, plant, cut, lace, doctor, needle, attenuate, irrigate, liquefy, water, mix, qualify, spike, cook, moderate, diffuse, doctor up, phony up,

    Antonyms:

    increase, enlarge, grow, thicken, aggravate, extend, raise, strengthen, expand, develop, concentrate,

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    dilute in English: dilute
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