dilute vs raven

dilute

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

  • Having a low concentration. 

  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

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. 

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

raven

adj
  • Of the color of the raven; jet-black 

noun
  • Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax. 

  • A jet-black colour. 

  • raven 

  • Rapine; rapacity. 

  • Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. 

verb
  • To prey on with rapacity. 

  • To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something). 

  • To devour with great eagerness. 

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