Dictionary Entry
dilute
dilute is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
- 2transitive verb
To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
- 3intransitive verb
To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
- 4adjective
Diluted; thin; weak.
- 5verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
- 6verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
"adulterate liquor"
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- 7adjective
reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
"diluted alcohol"
"a dilute solution"
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