dilute vs fiddle

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. 

fiddle

noun
  • A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc. 

  • Synonym of workaround, a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem. 

  • A rack for drying pottery after glazing. 

  • A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument. 

  • Synonym of clown: an unserious person entertaining a group. 

  • Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water. 

  • Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically. 

verb
  • To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style. 

  • To cheat or swindle; to commit fraud. 

  • Synonym of tinker, to make small adjustments or improvements. 

  • To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness. 

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