dilute vs extend

dilute

verb
  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

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

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

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

  • Having a low concentration. 

  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

extend

verb
  • To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. 

  • To reenlist for a further period. 

  • To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. 

  • To straighten (a limb). 

  • Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class. 

  • To increase in extent. 

  • To cause to increase in extent. 

  • To cause to last for a longer period of time. 

  • To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. 

  • To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. 

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