diluting

Definitions

The act of making a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent.

The process of reducing the force, effect, or value of something.

Examples

The bartender was accused of diluting the expensive whiskey with water to increase profits.

By diluting the paint with a solvent, she achieved a much lighter and more transparent wash for her watercolor painting.

Synonyms

thinning watering down weakening attenuating adulterating reducing extending

Antonyms

concentrating strengthening thickening intensifying fortifying condensing purifying