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Definition of dilute
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
Hyponyms: water down, sophisticate, doctor, doctor up
Grouped Verbs: extend, stretch
Derivational Morphology: cutting, thinning, dilutant, diluent, thinner, dilution, adulteration, debasement, adulterant, adulterator
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