diluteadj.

/dʌɪˈl(j)uːt/

/dɪˈl(j)uːt/

Etymology: < Latin dīlūtus diluted, weak, thin, past participle < dīluĕre to dissolve, dilute, < di- , dis- (dis- prefix 1a)+ luĕre to wash.

a. Weakened in consistency or strength by the addition of water or of anything having a like effect; watered down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [adjective] > diluted

allayed?a1475

lymphate1583

dilute1658

diluted1681

lew1882

watered-down1902

cut1938

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Dilution Wine dilute signifieth wine that is mingled with water.

c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §45 A large dose of dilute tea.

1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. xvi. 70 The Wash should be made dilute or thin.

1843 C. Scudamore Med. Visit Gräfenberg 22 In the most dilute urine, I found the evidence of saline matter.

b. spec. of a chemical substance.

ΚΠ

1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) i. x. 112 Weigh the dilute acid employed.

1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents (1818) 176 Soluble in dilute nitric and acetic acid.

1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §129 One of dilute sulphuric acid.

c. Of a weakened or weaker colour (as in an infusion to which water is added); washed-out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > faint or weak

wateryOE

dima1250

lighta1398

rare?1440

delayed1543

faint1552

weak1585

pale1598

distempered1621

washya1639

thin1649

languid1663

dilute1665

welmish1688

sickly1695

dimmed1863

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 106 After a while it [matter]..grows dilute and pale.

1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 346 The yellow which preceded this was at first pretty good, but soon grew dilute.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 262 Gills fixed, dilute green..or whitish towards the edges.

1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man (1836) I. 221 A much lighter, or more dilute shade.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 128 And permit the sun to shed a ghastly dilute light.

2. figurative. Weak, enfeebled, poor, paltry. Obsolete (except as directly figurative from 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things)

thin?c1225

wateryc1230

feeble1393

wash1548

waterish1549

fadea1554

limping1577

dilute1605

lank1607

languid1622

water gruel1630

invalid1635

sinewless1644

exsanguine1647

flaccid1647

diluted1681

wishy-washy1693

tiffany1694

foible1715

rickety1738

faintly1771

unrobust1775

pale1820

peely-wally1832

muscleless1841

weakling1848

weedy?1858

feeblose1882

papery1924

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff4 The more you recede from the Scriptures..the more weake and dilute are your positions.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 254 How pallid, and faint and dilute a thing, all the honours of this world are.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 208 It were a dilute business for the Apostle to describe Antichrist onely by the bare denial of Jesus his being the Christ.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature viii. 166 The relation between the children of these children grows more remote and dilute, and in time wears out.

1814 Monthly Mag. 37 333 Many a work of art distilled to its essential beauties would keep, which putrifies in its dilute state.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

dilutev.

/dʌɪˈl(j)uːt/

/dɪˈl(j)uːt/

Etymology: < Latin dīlūt- participial stem of dīluĕre : see dilute adj. Compare French diluer.

a. transitive. To dissolve or make liquid by the addition of water, esp. to make thinner or weaker by this means, to water down; to reduce the strength of (a fluid) by admixture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > dilute [verb (transitive)]

thinc1000

woke1377

watera1387

allayc1450

delay1543

dilute1691

lower1698

to water down1866

cut1930

1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 74 Diluting it with a portion of Water.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 296 By constant weeping mix their watery Store With the Chyle's Current, and dilute it more.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 251 Replenish it with wine Diluted less.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. i. 5 Sulphuric acid diluted with a very large quantity of water.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. vi. 270 Lay on it muscle-shell gold or silver, diluted with size.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 294 Dilute one part of calcined bones in four parts of water.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. viii. 373 A little brandy, much diluted.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xviii. 299 In bad seasons, the porridge was diluted.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 223 An adequate amount of ventilation..to dilute and render harmless noxious gases.

†b. Medicine. To treat with diluents. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > treat with drugs [verb (transitive)] > treat with other types of medicine

syrup1671

bephilter1690

dilute1716

malaxate1735

1716 E. Baynard Health 10 They cool, dilute, and quench the Thirst.

a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 59 Full power..to pill..dilute..and poultice, all persons.

2. To weaken the brilliancy of (colour); to make of a faint or washed-out hue.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > tone down

dilute1665

mellow1694

break1753

sadden1787

sober1843

degrade1844

disintensify1884

scumble1905

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > tone down

temperc1000

modifyc1385

softenc1410

tame?a1500

qualify1536

temperatea1540

extenuate1561

supple1609

dilute1665

palliate1665

weaken1683

subdue1723

lower1780

modulate1783

to shade away1817

to water down1832

to water down1836

sober1838

veil1843

to tone down1847

to break down1859

soothe1860

tone1884

to key down1891

soft-pedal1912

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 69 Saline refracting bodies which do dilute the colour of the one, do deepen that of the other.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 71 There are other Blues, which..will not be diluted by grinding.

a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) i. i. 44 The Chamber was dark..For..these Colours be diluted and weakned by the Mixture of any adventitious Light.

1794 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 3 Which by diluting the image formed in the focus..makes that image appear far less bright.

3. figurative. To weaken, take away the strength or force of: generally with obvious reference to the literal sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial)

to thin off, downc900

feeblea1340

allayc1450

debilite1483

mollify1496

weak1502

geld?1507

water1529

appale?1530

labefact?1539

debilitate1541

mortify1553

effeeble1571

dilutea1575

soften1576

unsinew1599

melt1600

infringe1604

weaken1609

unbenda1616

dissinew1640

slacken1663

thin1670

resolve1715

imbecilitate1809

imbecile1829

to let down1832

to water down1832

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 124 These arguments the adversaries went about to dilute and solve.

1810 S. Smith Female Educ. in Ess. (1869) 199 Can there be any reason why she should be diluted and enfeebled down to a mere culler of simples?

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis Advt. The Author finds..nothing which he is resolved to dilute into no meaning.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 2 That unreal religion of excitement which diluted the earnestness of real religion in the enjoyment of listening.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. x. 225 The second dissertation..in which he dilutes the objections made against the theory.

4. intransitive (for reflexive). To suffer dilution; to become dissolved; to become attenuated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)]

fade13..

to cast coloura1375

staina1387

faint1430

dow1502

discolour1612

dilute1764

decolorize1908

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §22, in Wks. (1863) I. 191/1 The colours of the stone and of the cement begin to dilute into one another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	dilute
释义	diluteadj. /dʌɪˈl(j)uːt//dɪˈl(j)uːt/ Etymology: < Latin dīlūtus diluted, weak, thin, past participle < dīluĕre to dissolve, dilute, < di- , dis- (dis- prefix 1a)+ luĕre to wash. 1. a. Weakened in consistency or strength by the addition of water or of anything having a like effect; watered down. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [adjective] > diluted allayed?a1475 lymphate1583 dilute1658 diluted1681 lew1882 watered-down1902 cut1938 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Dilution Wine dilute signifieth wine that is mingled with water. c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §45 A large dose of dilute tea. 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. xvi. 70 The Wash should be made dilute or thin. 1843 C. Scudamore Med. Visit Gräfenberg 22 In the most dilute urine, I found the evidence of saline matter. b. spec. of a chemical substance. ΚΠ 1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) i. x. 112 Weigh the dilute acid employed. 1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents (1818) 176 Soluble in dilute nitric and acetic acid. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §129 One of dilute sulphuric acid. c. Of a weakened or weaker colour (as in an infusion to which water is added); washed-out. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > faint or weak wateryOE dima1250 lighta1398 rare?1440 delayed1543 faint1552 weak1585 pale1598 distempered1621 washya1639 thin1649 languid1663 dilute1665 welmish1688 sickly1695 dimmed1863 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 106 After a while it [matter]..grows dilute and pale. 1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 346 The yellow which preceded this was at first pretty good, but soon grew dilute. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 262 Gills fixed, dilute green..or whitish towards the edges. 1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man (1836) I. 221 A much lighter, or more dilute shade. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 128 And permit the sun to shed a ghastly dilute light. 2. figurative. Weak, enfeebled, poor, paltry. Obsolete (except as directly figurative from 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things) thin?c1225 wateryc1230 feeble1393 wash1548 waterish1549 fadea1554 limping1577 dilute1605 lank1607 languid1622 water gruel1630 invalid1635 sinewless1644 exsanguine1647 flaccid1647 diluted1681 wishy-washy1693 tiffany1694 foible1715 rickety1738 faintly1771 unrobust1775 pale1820 peely-wally1832 muscleless1841 weakling1848 weedy?1858 feeblose1882 papery1924 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff4 The more you recede from the Scriptures..the more weake and dilute are your positions. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 254 How pallid, and faint and dilute a thing, all the honours of this world are. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 208 It were a dilute business for the Apostle to describe Antichrist onely by the bare denial of Jesus his being the Christ. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature viii. 166 The relation between the children of these children grows more remote and dilute, and in time wears out. 1814 Monthly Mag. 37 333 Many a work of art distilled to its essential beauties would keep, which putrifies in its dilute state. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019). dilutev. /dʌɪˈl(j)uːt//dɪˈl(j)uːt/ Etymology: < Latin dīlūt- participial stem of dīluĕre : see dilute adj. Compare French diluer. 1. a. transitive. To dissolve or make liquid by the addition of water, esp. to make thinner or weaker by this means, to water down; to reduce the strength of (a fluid) by admixture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > dilute [verb (transitive)] thinc1000 woke1377 watera1387 allayc1450 delay1543 dilute1691 lower1698 to water down1866 cut1930 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 74 Diluting it with a portion of Water. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 296 By constant weeping mix their watery Store With the Chyle's Current, and dilute it more. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 251 Replenish it with wine Diluted less. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. i. 5 Sulphuric acid diluted with a very large quantity of water. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. vi. 270 Lay on it muscle-shell gold or silver, diluted with size. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 294 Dilute one part of calcined bones in four parts of water. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. viii. 373 A little brandy, much diluted. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xviii. 299 In bad seasons, the porridge was diluted. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 223 An adequate amount of ventilation..to dilute and render harmless noxious gases. †b. Medicine. To treat with diluents. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > treat with drugs [verb (transitive)] > treat with other types of medicine syrup1671 bephilter1690 dilute1716 malaxate1735 1716 E. Baynard Health 10 They cool, dilute, and quench the Thirst. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 59 Full power..to pill..dilute..and poultice, all persons. 2. To weaken the brilliancy of (colour); to make of a faint or washed-out hue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > tone down dilute1665 mellow1694 break1753 sadden1787 sober1843 degrade1844 disintensify1884 scumble1905 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > tone down temperc1000 modifyc1385 softenc1410 tame?a1500 qualify1536 temperatea1540 extenuate1561 supple1609 dilute1665 palliate1665 weaken1683 subdue1723 lower1780 modulate1783 to shade away1817 to water down1832 to water down1836 sober1838 veil1843 to tone down1847 to break down1859 soothe1860 tone1884 to key down1891 soft-pedal1912 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 69 Saline refracting bodies which do dilute the colour of the one, do deepen that of the other. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 71 There are other Blues, which..will not be diluted by grinding. a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) i. i. 44 The Chamber was dark..For..these Colours be diluted and weakned by the Mixture of any adventitious Light. 1794 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 3 Which by diluting the image formed in the focus..makes that image appear far less bright. 3. figurative. To weaken, take away the strength or force of: generally with obvious reference to the literal sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 124 These arguments the adversaries went about to dilute and solve. 1810 S. Smith Female Educ. in Ess. (1869) 199 Can there be any reason why she should be diluted and enfeebled down to a mere culler of simples? 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis Advt. The Author finds..nothing which he is resolved to dilute into no meaning. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 2 That unreal religion of excitement which diluted the earnestness of real religion in the enjoyment of listening. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. x. 225 The second dissertation..in which he dilutes the objections made against the theory. 4. intransitive (for reflexive). To suffer dilution; to become dissolved; to become attenuated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)] fade13.. to cast coloura1375 staina1387 faint1430 dow1502 discolour1612 dilute1764 decolorize1908 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §22, in Wks. (1863) I. 191/1 The colours of the stone and of the cement begin to dilute into one another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1605v.a1575
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