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DILUTE definition: 1. to make a liquid weaker by mixing in something else: 2. to reduce the strength of a feeling…. Learn more.
The meaning of DILUTE is attenuate. How to use dilute in a sentence. attenuate; to make thinner or more liquid by admixture; to diminish the strength, flavor, or brilliance of (something) by or as if by admixture…
to make a liquid weaker by mixing it with water or another liquid: Dilute the bleach in water before adding it to the wash. chemistry. If you dilute a substance you make it weaker or less pure by mixing it with another substance.
When you dilute something, you make it thinner, weaker, or more watered down. If you put lots of ice cubes in your soda, the ice will melt and dilute the drink.
1. verb. If a liquid is diluted or dilutes, it is added to or mixes with water or another liquid, and becomes weaker. If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water. [VERB noun preposition] The liquid is then diluted. [be VERB -ed] The poisons seeping from contaminated land quickly dilute in the water. [VERB]
1. to make or become less concentrated, esp by adding water or a thinner. 2. to make or become weaker in force, effect, etc: he diluted his story. adj. (Chemistry) chem. a. (of a solution, suspension, mixture, etc) having a low concentration or a concentration that has been reduced by admixture.
dilute something (in/with something) to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid to it synonym water down. The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade.
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. Synonyms: diminish, mitigate, temper, weaken.
DILUTE definition: to make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another liquid to it: . Learn more.
Definition of dilute adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
