dilute vs lace

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. 

lace

verb
  • To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). 

  • To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. 

  • To interweave items. 

  • To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material. 

  • To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel. 

  • To fasten (something) with laces. 

noun
  • A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. ᵂᵖ 

  • A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. ᵂᵖ 

  • A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. 

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