dilute
verb
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
cut bourbon
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
- water down hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
diluted alcohol
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
adulterate liquor
Types & categories
- spoil hypernym
- water down hyponym
- doctor hyponym
Related & opposite
- dilution derivation
- adulterator derivation
- adulteration derivation
- adulterator derivation
- adulterant derivation
- stretch verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilution |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thinning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilutant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilution |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water down |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | undiluted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | thinned |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | washy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | white |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilution |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulterator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulteration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulterator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulterant |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | stretch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spoil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | water down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | doctor |