dilute
to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
to make fainter, as a color.
to reduce the strength, force, or efficiency of by admixture.
to become diluted.
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak: a dilute solution.
Origin of dilute
1Other words for dilute
Other words from dilute
- di·lut·er, di·lu·tor, noun
- di·lu·tive, adjective
- an·ti·di·lu·tive, adjective
- o·ver·di·lute, verb, o·ver·di·lut·ed, o·ver·di·lut·ing.
- un·di·lute, adjective
- un·di·lut·ed, adjective
- un·di·lut·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with dilute
- dilate, dilute
Words Nearby dilute
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How to use dilute in a sentence
Specifically, the commentary discusses the theory of variolation, an pre-vaccine form of inoculation that uses a dilute form of the smallpox virus to give people a mild infection that would lead to lifelong immunity to the virus.
Wearing a mask could protect you from COVID-19 in more ways than you think | Kat Eschner | September 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceTesla also announced it had sold $5 billion of new shares, diluting the value of stock held by existing investors.
Unfortunately, Lo says, in many schools, these systems don’t mix the air well enough to dilute any virus.
Here’s how COVID-19 is changing classes this year | Bethany Brookshire | September 8, 2020 | Science News For StudentsMixing dilutes the indoor air, spreading out any virus it may hold.
Here’s how COVID-19 is changing classes this year | Bethany Brookshire | September 8, 2020 | Science News For StudentsTesla shares are now officially in correction territory, in a week that saw the electric-vehicle maker announce a share sale that could dilute its value and a top holder cut its stake nearly in half.
Over the past three days, Tesla’s stock has dropped 18% | Verne Kopytoff | September 3, 2020 | Fortune
You would have to be drinking LITERS of water to dilute your stomach acid in any meaningful way.
Quora Q: Does Drinking Water During Meals Help or Hinder the Digestive System? | Quora Contributor | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe other obvious way to help your body deal with excessive toxins from that large meal is to dilute the toxins by drinking more.
To dilute the bitterness, the less-than-brave steep them in green tea.
The Wildest Hangover Cures From Around the World | Nina Strochlic | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe minute you undermine the insurance, or dilute it, a bank run might ensue.
I also refuse to dilute the power of the accusation through inaccurate overuse.
The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe remainder of the residue may be dissolved in a little dilute sulphuric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt dissolves in dilute potash, and on the addition of acetic acid is deposited in a pure state.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThe ether solution was washed with water and dilute sodium carbonate solution, and the ether was evaporated.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeWhen the small residue was completely dry, it was a yellow solid soluble in dilute alcohol and acid to litmus.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
British Dictionary definitions for dilute
/ (daɪˈluːt) /
to make or become less concentrated, esp by adding water or a thinner
to make or become weaker in force, effect, etc: he diluted his story
chem
(of a solution, suspension, mixture, etc) having a low concentration or a concentration that has been reduced by admixture
(of a substance) present in solution, esp a weak solution in water: dilute acetic acid
Origin of dilute
1Derived forms of dilute
- dilutee, noun
- diluter, noun
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