"dilute" meaning in English

See dilute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /daɪˈljuːt/ [UK], /daɪˈlut/ [US], /dɪˈlut/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilute.wav Forms: more dilute [comparative], most dilute [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{der|en|la|dīlūtus}} Latin dīlūtus Head templates: {{en-adj}} dilute (comparative more dilute, superlative most dilute)
  1. Having a low concentration. Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (having a low concentration): разреден (razreden) (Bulgarian), laimea (Finnish), mieto (Finnish), dilué [masculine] (French), diluée [feminine] (French), verdünnt (German), מדולל (medulal) [masculine] (Hebrew), híg (Hungarian), þynntur [masculine] (Icelandic), þynnt [feminine, neuter] (Icelandic), dilutus (Latin), waimeha (Maori), rozcieńczony [masculine] (Polish), diluat (Romanian), разбавленный (razbavlennyj) (Russian), разведённый (razvedjónnyj) (Russian), binantuan (Tagalog), malabnaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-adj-4fhDM7sq Disambiguation of Liquids: 24 23 2 3 9 10 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 8 8 5 6 21 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 22 6 6 3 5 26 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 23 5 5 2 4 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 23 5 5 2 3 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 23 5 5 2 4 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 25 5 5 2 5 26 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 23 4 4 3 4 28 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 22 4 5 3 4 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 21 6 6 4 5 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 18 27 1 1 1 1 31 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 25 4 4 2 3 28 18 Disambiguation of 'having a low concentration': 90 3 6
  2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (weak): laimennettu (Finnish), laiha (Finnish), faible [feminine, masculine] (French), verwässert (German), חלש (chalash) [masculine] (Hebrew), דל (dal) [masculine] (Hebrew), veikur (Icelandic), caol (Irish), imbecillus (Latin), mollis (Latin)
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-adj-zXaFhWWl Disambiguation of Liquids: 24 23 2 3 9 10 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 8 8 5 6 21 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 22 6 6 3 5 26 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 23 5 5 2 4 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 23 5 5 2 3 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 23 5 5 2 4 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 25 5 5 2 5 26 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 23 4 4 3 4 28 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 22 4 5 3 4 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 21 6 6 4 5 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 18 27 1 1 1 1 31 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 25 4 4 2 3 28 18 Disambiguation of 'weak': 0 100 0
  3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-adj-Befp~GwK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dilute Russell's viper venom time

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈljuːt/ [UK], /daɪˈlut/ [US], /dɪˈlut/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilute.wav Forms: dilutes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{der|en|la|dīlūtus}} Latin dīlūtus Head templates: {{en-noun}} dilute (plural dilutes)
  1. An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. Related terms: dilate
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-noun-2qo4ue9j

Verb

IPA: /daɪˈljuːt/ [UK], /daɪˈlut/ [US], /dɪˈlut/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilute.wav Forms: dilutes [present, singular, third-person], diluting [participle, present], diluted [participle, past], diluted [past]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{der|en|la|dīlūtus}} Latin dīlūtus Head templates: {{en-verb}} dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)
  1. (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. Tags: transitive Translations (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water): разреждам (razreždam) (Bulgarian), разводнявам (razvodnjavam) (Bulgarian), diluir (Catalan), 稀釋 /稀释 (xīshì) (Chinese Mandarin), ředit (Czech), zředit (Czech), verdunnen (Dutch), laimentaa (Finnish), ohentaa (Finnish), diluer (French), couper (note: about wine mainly) (French), diluír (Galician), verdünnen (German), αραιώνω (araióno) (Greek), דילל (dilél) (Hebrew), hígít (Hungarian), þynna (Icelandic), diluire (Italian), 薄める (usumeru) (Japanese), 希釈する (kishaku suru) (Japanese), diluere (Latin), waimeha (Maori), ron (Northern Kurdish), rozcieńczać (Polish), diluir (Portuguese), dilua (Romanian), разбавля́ть (razbavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разба́вить (razbávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), razblažiti (Serbo-Croatian), diluir (Spanish), späda ut (Swedish), tunna ut (Swedish), སླ་རུ་གཏོང (sla ru gtong) (Tibetan), སླ་པོ་བཟོ (sla po bzo) (english: causative/voluntary/transitive) (Tibetan), སླ་རུ་འགྲོ (sla ru 'gro) (Tibetan), pha loãng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-verb-xDzKquhk Disambiguation of 'to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water': 83 8 8 1
  2. (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. Tags: transitive Translations (to weaken): laimentaa (Finnish), heikentää (Finnish), jatkaa (Finnish), vesittää [colloquial] (Finnish), verwässern (German), abschwächen (German), החליש (hekhlísh) (Hebrew), דל—also sp. דלל (dal) [Biblical, archaic] (Hebrew), דילדל (dildél) (Hebrew), veikja (Icelandic), þynna (Icelandic), hebetare (Latin), affligere (Latin), deminuere (Latin), diluir (Portuguese), diluir (Spanish), desleír (Spanish), späda ut (Swedish), tunna ut (Swedish), བསྲེ་ལྷད་གཏོང (bsre lhad gtong) (Tibetan), ལྷད་གཏོང (lhad gtong) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-verb-Iwysl5Su Disambiguation of 'to weaken': 2 88 6 5
  3. (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Stock market, Liquids Translations (stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares): dilutoida (Finnish), laimentaa (Finnish), verwässern (German), размыва́ть (razmyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), späda ut (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-verb-zIMow3Pl Disambiguation of Liquids: 24 23 2 3 9 10 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 8 8 5 6 21 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 22 6 6 3 5 26 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 23 5 5 2 4 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 23 5 5 2 3 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 22 4 4 3 5 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 22 4 4 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 19 5 6 3 4 31 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 23 5 5 2 4 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 21 4 4 3 4 30 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 25 5 5 2 5 26 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 17 22 4 5 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 23 4 4 3 4 28 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 22 4 5 3 4 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 16 21 5 5 3 5 29 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 19 5 6 3 4 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 22 4 5 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 22 4 4 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 21 6 6 4 5 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 22 4 5 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 18 27 1 1 1 1 31 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 19 5 5 3 6 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 21 5 5 3 3 28 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 22 4 5 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 21 6 6 3 4 29 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 25 4 4 2 3 28 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 22 4 4 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 17 22 4 4 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 17 22 4 5 3 4 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 16 21 6 6 3 4 29 16 Topics: business, finance, stock-market Disambiguation of 'stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares': 3 3 89 5
  4. (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-dilute-en-verb-D7rMcW5X Disambiguation of Liquids: 24 23 2 3 9 10 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 8 8 5 6 21 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 22 6 6 3 5 26 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 23 5 5 2 4 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 23 5 5 2 3 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 23 5 5 2 4 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 25 5 5 2 5 26 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 23 4 4 3 4 28 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 22 4 5 3 4 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 21 6 6 4 5 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 18 27 1 1 1 1 31 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 25 3 3 2 3 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 25 4 4 2 3 28 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dilutee, diluteness, diluter, dilutive, haemodiluting, overdilute, predilute, semidilute, underdilute, undilute Related terms: diluent, dilutant, dilution, dilutory, diluvium, dilutable

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.",
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          "word": "diluir"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīshì",
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          "word": "稀釋 /稀释"
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          "word": "ředit"
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          "word": "zředit"
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          "word": "laimentaa"
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          "word": "ohentaa"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "diluer"
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          "word": "couper"
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "diluír"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "verdünnen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "word": "αραιώνω"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dilél",
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          "word": "דילל"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "hígít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "þynna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "diluire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "usumeru",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "薄める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kishaku suru",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "希釈する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "ron"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "diluere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "waimeha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "rozcieńczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "diluir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "dilua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbavljátʹ",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разбавля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbávitʹ",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разба́вить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "razblažiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "diluir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "späda ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
          "word": "tunna ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 8 8 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "“Stay a little.”\n“Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.”",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razreždam",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "разреждам"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvodnjavam",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "разводнявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "稀釋 /稀释"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "ředit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "zředit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "verdunnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "laimentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "ohentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "about wine mainly",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "couper"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluír"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "verdünnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "araióno",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "αραιώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dilél",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "דילל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "hígít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "þynna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "usumeru",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "薄める"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kishaku suru",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "希釈する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "ron"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "waimeha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "rozcieńczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "dilua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разбавля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbávitʹ",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разба́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "razblažiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "diluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "späda ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "tunna ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sla ru gtong",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "སླ་རུ་གཏོང"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "causative/voluntary/transitive",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sla po bzo",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "སླ་པོ་བཟོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sla ru 'gro",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "སླ་རུ་འགྲོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water",
      "word": "pha loãng"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "laimentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "heikentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "jatkaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "vesittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "verwässern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "abschwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hekhlísh",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "החליש"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dal",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical",
        "archaic"
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      "word": "דל—also sp. דלל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dildél",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "דילדל"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "veikja"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "þynna"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "hebetare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "affligere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "deminuere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "diluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "diluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "desleír"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "späda ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "tunna ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "bsre lhad gtong",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "བསྲེ་ལྷད་གཏོང"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "lhad gtong",
      "sense": "to weaken",
      "word": "ལྷད་གཏོང"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares",
      "word": "dilutoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares",
      "word": "laimentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares",
      "word": "verwässern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razmyvátʹ",
      "sense": "stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "размыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares",
      "word": "späda ut"
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      "word": "dilute Russell's viper venom time"
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      "form": "more dilute",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razreden",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "разреден"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "laimea"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "mieto"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dilué"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "diluée"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "verdünnt"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "medulal",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "מדולל"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "híg"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "þynntur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "þynnt"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "dilutus"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "waimeha"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "diluat"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbavlennyj",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "разбавленный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvedjónnyj",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "разведённый"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "binantuan"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having a low concentration",
      "word": "malabnaw"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "laimennettu"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "laiha"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "verwässert"
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Tibetan translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Liquids"
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        "3": "dīlūtus"
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        "plural"
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          "ref": "2000, Joe Stahlkuppe, American Pit Bull Terrier Handbook, page 131:",
          "text": "On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes.",
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        }
      ],
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        "An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual."
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          "coat",
          "coat"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈljuːt/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/daɪˈlut/",
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        "US"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-uːt"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": resultative/involuntary/intransitive vs. sla ru 'gro",
  "path": [
    "dilute"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "dilute",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": dalál vs. dal",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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