Definitions for dilute

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dilute di·lute

Spelling: [dih-loot, dahy-; adjective dahy-loot]

IPA: /dɪˈlut, daɪ-; adjective ˈdaɪ lut/

Dilute is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in dilute (deiltu).

Definitions for dilute

adjective

1. reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:

verb (used with object)

1. to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
2. to make fainter, as a color.
3. to reduce the strength, force, or efficiency of by admixture.

verb (used without object)

1. to become diluted.

Origin of dilute

1545-55; Latin dīlūtus washed away, dissolved (past participle of dīluere), equivalent to dī- di-² + -lūtus, combining form of lautus (lav(ere) to wash + -tu

Examples for dilute

If either of the mixtures is too thick, dilute it with more cream.

The minute you undermine the insurance, or dilute it, a bank run might ensue.

By this method a dilute solution of the dioxide in water is obtained.

I also refuse to dilute the power of the accusation through inaccurate overuse.

The other obvious way to help your body deal with excessive toxins from that large meal is to dilute the toxins by drinking more.

Find the bottle marked "HCl, dilute 1-3," in which the acid is already diluted.

You would have to be drinking LITERS of water to dilute your stomach acid in any meaningful way.

To dilute the bitterness, the less-than-brave steep them in green tea.

They had no patience, so that they could not dilute and expand their stories in the Western way.

dilute with water in the proportion of one part of the solution to seventy-five of water.