dilute
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transitive verb \dī-ˈlüt, də-\di·lut·eddi·lut·ing
Definition of DILUTE
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: to make thinner or more liquid by admixture <diluted wine>
3
: to diminish the strength, flavor, or brilliance of by admixture <dilute a color>
4
: to decrease the per share value of (common stock) by increasing the total number of shares
— di·lut·er or di·lu·tor \-ˈlü-tər\ noun
— di·lu·tive \-ˈlü-tiv\ adjective
Examples of DILUTE
- You can dilute the medicine with water.
- The hiring of the new CEO diluted the power of the company's president.
- diluting the quality of our products
Origin of DILUTE
Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere to wash away, dilute, from di- + lavere to wash — more at lye
First Known Use: circa 1555
Related to DILUTE
- Synonyms
- cut, adulterate, extend, lace, sophisticate, thin, water down, weaken
- Antonyms
- enrich, fortify, richen, strengthen
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Rhymes with DILUTE
acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit
2dilute
adjectiveDefinition of DILUTE
See Examples of DILUTE
- a dilute solution of acid
- <a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom>
First Known Use of DILUTE
1605
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