dilute.
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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
Where this word comes from
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.
Where this word comes from
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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