DILUTE

• (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

  "cut bourbon"

  synonyms : cut , reduce , thin , thin out

• (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

  "adulterate liquor"

  synonyms : adulterate , debase , load , stretch

  They tried to adulterate the rice by adding other grains. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

  "diluted alcohol", "a dilute solution", "dilute acetic acid"

  synonyms : diluted

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