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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dilute \Di*lute"\, verb (used without an object) To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dilute \Di*lute"\, adjective [L. dilutus, p. p.] Diluted; thin; weak.
A dilute and waterish exposition. --Hopkins.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dilute \Di*lute"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diluting}.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See {Lave}, and cf. {Deluge}.]
1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. --Blackmore.
2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I. Newton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dilute
adjective: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" [syn: {diluted}] [ant: {undiluted}]
verb
1: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: {thin}, {thin out}, {reduce}, {cut}]
2: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: {adulterate}, {stretch}, {debase}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "dilute": abate, adulterate, adulterated, alleviate, alter, attenuate, baptize, bastardize, bate, blow off, cast forth, clear away, contaminate, corrupt, cut, debase, decrease, denaturalize, denature, diluted, diminish, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, doctor, doctor up, drive away, ease, emacerate, emaciate, etherealize, evaporate, expand, extenuate, fortify, impaired, impoverished, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, moderate, modify, pollute, qualify, rarefy, reduce, reduced, remit, slacken, sophisticated, spike, subtilize, tamper with, temper, thicken, thin, thin away, thin down, thin out, volatilize, washy, water, water down, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak, weaken, weakened
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