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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. i.
     To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dilute \Di*lute"\, a. [L. dilutus, p. p.]
     Diluted; thin; weak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A dilute and waterish exposition.        --Hopkins.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dilute \Di*lute"\, 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Mix their watery store.
              With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
                                                    --Blackmore.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by
              the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
        [1913 Webster]

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 \Di*lute"\, a. [L. dilutus, p. p.]
     Diluted; thin; weak.
  
           A dilute and waterish exposition.        --Hopkins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dilute \Di*lute"\, 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dilute
       adj : reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity;
             "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic
             acid" [syn: diluted] [ant: undiluted]
       v 1: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
            bourbon" [syn: thin, thin out, reduce, cut]
       2: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
          inferior substance; often by replacing valuable
          ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn:
          adulterate, stretch, debase]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αραιώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la dīlūtus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     a.
     1 Having a low concentration.
     2 weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
     3 Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
     n.
     An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution,
  especially by adding water.
     2 (lb en transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign
  substance.
     3 (lb en transitive stock market) To cause the value of individual
  shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total
  number of shares.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la dīlūtus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la dīlūtus  voc m s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     Englanti a.
     laimea
     Englanti vb.
     1 laimentaa
     2 (yhteys rahoitus k=en) laimentua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dilute
     Engelska vb.
     spä ut

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  مخفّف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dilute //daɪˈljuːt// //daɪˈlut// //dɪˈlut// 
  разреден
  having a low concentration

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dilute //daɪˈljuːt// //daɪˈlut// //dɪˈlut// 
  разреждам, разводнявам
  to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  zmírňovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  ředit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  glastwreiddio 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  gwanedu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  ausbleichen 
   see: diluting, diluted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  verblasst, ausgebleicht 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  verdünnt 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  verunreinigen  [min.]
           Note: Erz

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  
  αραιώνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dilute //daɪˈljuːt// //daɪˈlut// //dɪˈlut// 
  1. laimea, mieto
  having a low concentration
  2. laiha, laimennettu
  weak

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dilute //daɪˈljuːt// //daɪˈlut// //dɪˈlut// 
  1. dilutoida, laimentaa
  stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares
  2. laimentaa, ohentaa
  to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water
  3. heikentää, jatkaa, laimentaa, vesittää
  to weaken

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/ 
  1. पानी~से~पतला~करना
        "Some shampoos shouldn't be diluted."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  razblažiti, razrijediti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  híg

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  dilute //daɪˈljuːt// //daɪˈlut// //dɪˈlut// 
  薄める, 希釈
  to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  dilute /daɪˈlu:t/ 
    rozcieńczać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  dilute /dailjuːt/
  adulterar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  dilute //daɪˈljuːt// //daɪˈlut// //dɪˈlut// 
  1. späda ut
  stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares
  2. späda ut, tunna ut 2.
  to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water
   3.
  to weaken

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dilute /daɪlˈuːt/
  1. sulandırmak, su katmak, hafifletmek. dilute(d)  su katılmış, sulu, hafif, açık. dilution  su katma, sulanma, su katılmış herhangi bir şey.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/daɪˈɫut/, /dɪˈɫut/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "dilute":
     abate, adulterate, adulterated, alleviate, alter, attenuate,
     baptize, bastardize, bate, blow off, cast forth, clear away,
     contaminate, corrupt, cut, debase, decrease, denaturalize,
     denature, diluted, diminish, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, doctor,
     doctor up, drive away, ease, emacerate, emaciate, etherealize,
     evaporate, expand, extenuate, fortify, impaired, impoverished,
     irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, moderate, modify,
     pollute, qualify, rarefy, reduce, reduced, remit, slacken,
     sophisticated, spike, subtilize, tamper with, temper, thicken,
     thin, thin away, thin down, thin out, volatilize, washy, water,
     water down, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak, weaken,
     weakened
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 冲淡,稀释;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 冲淡,稀释
     a. 淡的,稀释的

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