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dilute

UK /daɪˈljuːt/US /daɪˈlut/

verb 4
adjective 3
noun 1
forms 5

verb4

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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. — 1712
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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. — 1704
To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
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To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- It dilutes easily.

adjective3

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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.

noun1

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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. — 2000

forms

diluted · diluting · dilutes · more dilute · most dilute

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