dilute
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
Other meanings
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
Synonyms
- thin
- thin out
- reduce
- cut
Related words
- dilutee
- diluteness
- diluter
- dilutive
- overdilute
- predilute
- semidilute
- underdilute
- undilute
- haemodiluting
Word history
From Latin "dīlūtus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dilute” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.