Results for dilute

Definitions of dilute:

part of speech: adjective

Diminished in strength by mixing with water.

part of speech: adjective

Diluted.

part of speech: verb

To weaken or make thinner; to reduce the strength of, as with water.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To become thinner.

part of speech: verb transitive

To make thinner or more liquid: to diminish the strength, flavor, etc., of, by mixing, esp. with water.

part of speech: noun

DILUTION.

part of speech: verb transitive

To thin or weaken by mixing with another fluid, especially water.

Usage examples for dilute:

• Now then, I went on reasonably, youre just going to have to dilute it or change it or do something to it, so while it will make grass nice and green, it won't let it grow wild like this. "Greener Than You Think", Ward Moore

• Skim milk, tea, stout, ale, or even very dilute spirit is considered better for them- a prejudice which dates probably from the days before a pure water supply. "A Poor Man's House", Stephen Sydney Reynolds

• You gentlemen of the army must have swingeing strong heads to dilute whiskey with raw rum. "Janice Meredith", Paul Leicester Ford

• He will not shrink from becoming a particeps criminis; he will but endeavour to dilute the crime. "The English Constitution", Walter Bagehot