dilute

Meanings

Verb

• To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
• To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
• To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
• To become attenuated, thin, or weak.

Adjective

• Having a low concentration.
• Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
• Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

Noun

• An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

Related

Opposite words

• condense
• concentrate

Origin

• From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere, from dī-, dis- + luere. See lave, and compare deluge.