Diluted definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DILUTED, pp. Made liquid; rendered more fluid; weakened, made thin, as ... 1: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" [syn: diluted, dilute] [ant: undiluted] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Diluted Di*lut"ed, a. Reduced in strength; thin; weak. -- Di ... 1913 Dictionary Dilute Di*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] [L. dilutus, p. p. ...
... 1: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" [syn: diluted, dilute] [ant: undiluted] v 1: lessen the strength or flavor ... adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase] Merriam Webster's I. transitive verb (diluted; diluting) Etymology: Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere to wash ... attenuate 2. to make thinner or more liquid by admixture < diluted wine > 3. to diminish the strength, flavor, or brilliance of ... or dilutor noun • dilutive adjective II. adjective Date: 1605 weak, diluted • diluteness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & adj. --v.tr. 1 ... by adding something. --adj. also 1 (esp. of a fluid) diluted, weakened. 2 (of a colour) washed out; low in ...
... or thickening. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a diluted solution 2: weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of ... 1646 1. the action of diluting ; the state of being diluted 2. something (as a solution) that is diluted 3. a lessening of real value (as of equity) by ... dilution.] The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted. --Arbuthnot. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (dilutions) A dilution is a liquid that has been diluted with water or another liquid, so that it becomes weaker ...
... drink Date: 1603 1. a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice 2. an ice with milk, egg white, or ... US a water-ice. 2 a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit-juices esp. in Arabic countries. 3 Austral. joc. beer ... in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon ...
... n. [Gr. water, and honey.] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water. Before fermentation, it is called simple hydromel; after ... or mead. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... water + ? honey: cf. F. hydromel.] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.
... 1913 Dictionary Dilute Di*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of ... temper; to attenuate; to weaken. Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir ...
... A cordial composed of cherry juice and spirit, sweetened, and diluted. The wild cherry is most generally used for this purpose ... juice of the fruit; the tincture is then sweetened and diluted to the taste. This cordial is moderately bitter and astringent ...
... fats" [ant: unsaturated] 3: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black [syn: saturated, pure] [ant ... more without such exchange. Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the ...
... not processed or purified < raw fibers > < raw sewage > (2) not diluted or blended < raw spirits > b. unprepared or imperfectly prepared for ... twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits. (d) Not tried; not melted and strained ...
... of ethyl alcohol and 9 per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit) contains 45.5 per cent by weight ... of ethyl alcohol and 9 per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit) contains 45.5 per cent by weight ...
... US -color) 1 artists' paint made of pigment to be diluted with water and not oil. 2 a picture painted with ... is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or ``diluted.'' [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in ...
... 23). At a later period, however, the Greek use of diluted wines had attained such sway that the writer of 2 ... modern terms as a sweet, red, fermented wine, rather highly diluted. As it was no doubt the ordinary wine of commerce ...