dilute vs lip

dilute

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

  • 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. 

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. 

lip

verb
  • To wash against a surface, lap. 

  • To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips. 

  • To form the rim, edge or margin of something. 

  • To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth. 

  • (of something inanimate) To touch lightly. 

  • To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something). 

  • To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in. 

  • To utter verbally. 

  • To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something. 

noun
  • Backtalk; verbal impertinence. 

  • One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. 

  • Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. 

  • The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. 

  • A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. 

  • The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. 

  • One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. 

  • The edge of a high spot of land. 

  • The distinctive petal of the Orchis family. 

  • Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips. 

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