DILUTED

diluted, dilute

(adjective) reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; “diluted alcohol”; “a dilute solution”; “dilute acetic acid”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

diluted

simple past tense and past participle of dilute

Adjective

diluted (comparative more diluted, superlative most diluted)

That has had something added in order to dilute it.

Antonyms

• concentrated

Anagrams

• Luddite

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*lut"ed, a.

Definition: Reduced in strength; thin; weak.

– Di*lut"ed*ly, adv.

DILUTE

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

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