arrest vs dilute

arrest

noun
  • A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse 

  • The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators. 

  • A device to physically arrest motion. 

  • The condition of being stopped, standstill. 

  • A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. 

  • The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. 

  • A confinement, detention, as after an arrest. 

verb
  • To catch the attention of. 

  • To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. 

  • To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). 

  • To undergo cardiac arrest. 

dilute

noun
  • An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

verb
  • To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. 

  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak. 

  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. 

adj
  • Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

  • Having a low concentration. 

  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

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