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Dilute

/daɪˈljuːt/

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

📖 Definitions of "Dilute"

noun

verb

1
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
2
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
3
To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
4
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
"It dilutes easily."

adjective

1
Having a low concentration.
"Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner."
2
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
3
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
"a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat"

15 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
weak	Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
whitenoun	Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
debaseverb	(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
stretchnoun	(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
diluted	That has had something added in order to dilute it.
washynoun	Watery; damp; soft.
watery	Resembling or characteristic of water.
water downverb	(idiomatic) To make weaker, less effective.
adulterateverb	(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
weakened	Reduced; made less strong.
thinned	mixed with water
thin outverb	(intransitive) To become sparse.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
undiluted	Not diluted or mixed with other substances.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
water downverb	(idiomatic) To make weaker, less effective.
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
weakened	Reduced; made less strong.
debaseverb	(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
adulterateverb	(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
washynoun	Watery; damp; soft.
stretchnoun	(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
weak	Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
watery	Resembling or characteristic of water.
whitenoun	Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
thin outverb	(intransitive) To become sparse.
thinned	mixed with water
diluentnoun	That which dilutes.
dilutionnoun	The process of making something dilute.
watered-down	(colloquial, figurative) Weakened or simplified
attenuateverb	(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
diminishverb	(transitive) To make smaller.
blurnoun	To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.