diluted, dilute
(adjective) reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; “diluted alcohol”; “a dilute solution”; “dilute acetic acid”
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
(verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; “cut bourbon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)
(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
(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.
• condense
dilute (comparative more dilute, superlative most dilute)
Having a low concentration.
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
dilute (plural dilutes)
An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] Etym: [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See Lave, and cf. Deluge.]
1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. Blackmore.
2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. Sir I. Newton.
Di*lute", v. i.
Definition: To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
Di*lute", a. Etym: [L. dilutus, p. p.]
Definition: Diluted; thin; weak. A dilute and waterish exposition. Hopkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
