dilute

To make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid.

• Dilute the juice before drinking it.
• She diluted the paint with water.
• How much should I dilute this cleaning liquid?

How to use it: dilute something with something (Dilute the cleaner with warm water.)

Similar words: thin, water down

Opposites: concentrate

Common phrases: dilute with water, dilute the juice, dilute a solution

To become thinner or weaker, often as another liquid mixes in.

• The mixture will dilute as water enters.
• This solution dilutes easily in warm water.
• The liquid diluted gradually during the wash.

Similar words: thin, weaken

Opposites: concentrate

Common phrases: dilute easily, dilute gradually

Containing only a small amount of a substance mixed into a liquid.

• Use a dilute solution for cleaning.
• The laboratory tested several dilute samples.
• Even dilute acid can damage this surface.

Similar words: weak, diluted

Opposites: concentrated

Common phrases: dilute solution, dilute acid, dilute mixture

Having fur or hair that is lighter in colour than usual because of inherited features.

• Our cat is a dilute calico.
• The kitten has a dilute coat.
• Breeders checked whether the parents carried genes for dilute colouring.

Common phrases: dilute calico, dilute coat, dilute colouring