dilute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dilute	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for dilute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilute adj reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" Synonym(s): diluted, dilute Antonym(s): undiluted v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" Synonym(s): dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" Synonym(s): load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilute \Dilute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diluting}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilute \Dilute"\, a. [L. dilutus, p. p.] Diluted; thin; weak. A dilute* and waterish exposition. --Hopkins.