verdünnen — meaning in English

English meaning

• attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
• dilute verb To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another solvent.

Senses

verdünnen is used for these senses in English:

• attenuate (transitive) To rarefy.
• dilute (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
• rarefy (transitive) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense.

attenuate — full definition

1. verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
2. verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
3. verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
4. verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

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.

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