diluted

diluted is the simple past and past participle of dilute.

Meaning of dilute

dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)

(transitive) 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
(transitive) 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...
Synonyms:

abase, dash, sophisticate, adulter, adulterate, adulterize, alloy, balderdash, corrupt, bastardize
(transitive) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- It dilutes easily.

diluted (comparative more diluted, superlative most diluted)

comparative	more diluted
superlative	most diluted

What does diluted mean?: Diluted means that has had something added in order to dilute it.
What is diluted the simple past and past participle of?: Diluted is the simple past and past participle of dilute.
What part of speech is diluted?: Diluted is an adjective.

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