dilute
/daɪˈljuːt/US/daɪˈlut/
dilute verb: to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
Verb
dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)
- To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem
- Antonyms:
- condense, concentrate
- To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great.1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “[The First Book of Opticks. Part I.] ”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and...
- “Stay a little.”
“Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.”1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XXXIII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 336
- Synonyms:
- abase, dash, sophisticate, adulter, adulterate, adulterize, alloy, balderdash, corrupt, bastardize
- To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- It dilutes easily.
Adjective
dilute (comparative more dilute, superlative most dilute)
- Having a low concentration.
- Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.
- Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
- Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
- a dilute calico
- a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat
Noun
dilute (plural dilutes)
dilute meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
dilute in Tamil
- நீர்க்கச் செய், நீர்க்கவை, செறிவைக் குறை, நீர்த்துப் போ, நீர்த்த, விளாவிய
dilute in Marathi
- dilute
- पातळ pātaḷ
dilute in Urdu
- حل کرنا, پتلا کرنا
dilute in Bengali
- dilute, watery
- পাতলা patola
More languagesFewer languages
- dilute in Telugu
- పలుచన చేయడానికి
- dilute in Malayalam
- നേർപ്പിക്കുക nēṟppikkuka
- dilute in Kannada
- ತೆಳುವಾಗಿಸು, ನೀರು ಬೆರೆಸು, ನಿಸ್ಸಾರಗೊಳಿಸು, ಸಾರಗುಂದಿಸು
- dilute in Punjabi
- ਪੇਤਲੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- dilute in Tagalog
- binantuan, malabnaw
- dilute in Arabic
- خَفَّفَ ḵaffafa
- dilute in Malay
- mencair
- dilute in Vietnamese
- pha loãng
Examples of dilute in a sentence
- He was tryin' to dilute my squash, and I was like, "Not today, Satan."
- The venturi tube is specially used for the measurement of flow of semi liquids with dilute slurries.
- If ecstasy is going to be stepped on, you'd dilute it with something cheaper than heroin.
Synonyms of dilute
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Antonyms
Forms of dilute
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | dilutes |
| present participle | diluting |
| past participle | diluted |
| past | diluted |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more dilute |
| superlative | most dilute |
| Noun | |
| plural | dilutes |
Origin of dilute
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
Words formed from dilute
Phrases with dilute
Words that rhyme with dilute
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
- cheroot
Questions about dilute
- What does dilute mean?
- Dilute means to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- What is dilute in Tamil?
- Dilute in Tamil is நீர்க்கச் செய், நீர்க்கவை, செறிவைக் குறை. See Dilute meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dilute?
- Dilute can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dilute?
- Dilute is pronounced /daɪˈljuːt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of dilute?
- The past tense of dilute is diluted.
Words near dilute in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dilute (page history and authors); dilute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पातळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); dilute (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পাতলা (Bengali) (page history and authors); dilute (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); നേർപ്പിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); dilute (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dilute (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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