verdunnen — meaning in English

English meaning

• dilute verb To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another solvent.
• extenuate adj Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.

Senses

verdunnen is used for these senses in English:

• dilute (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
• extenuate To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.

dilute — full definition

1. verb To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another solvent.
2. verb To weaken something, especially by mixing in something else or spreading it thinner.
3. adjective Weak or thin because of dilution; low in concentration.

extenuate — full definition

1. adj Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
2. adj Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened.
3. adj Reduced to poverty; impoverished.

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