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| Main Entry: |
water down
[waw-ter, wot-er]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dilute |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, reduce, thin, thin down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | beef up, strengthen, thicken |
| Main Entry: | blunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dull |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, hebetate, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | needle, point, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, deliquesce, diffuse, diminish, doctor up, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle, phony up, plant, qualify, reduce, shave, spike, temper, water, water down |
| Antonyms: | concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate, pervert |
| Synonyms: | add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up, falsify, fudge, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
| Antonyms: | clean, purify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moisten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet, damp |
| Synonyms: | bathe, bedew, dampen, dip, drench, humidify, lick, mist, moisturize, rain on, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sog, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, waterlog, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | taint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, contaminate; ruin |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, break down, cast a slur, cloud, cook, corrupt, crud up, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, give a bad name, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tar, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down |
| Antonyms: | clean, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | domesticate, make compliant |
| Synonyms: | break, break in, break the spirit, bridle, bring to heel, bust, check, conquer, curb, discipline, domesticize, domiciliate, enslave, gentle, house-train, housebreak, humble, mitigate, mute, pacify, repress, restrain, soften, subdue, subjugate, suppress, temper, tone down, train, vanquish, water down |
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make diluted or less dense |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, cook, cut, cut back, decrease, delete, diminish, disperse, doctor, edit, emaciate, expand, extenuate, irrigate, lace, needle, prune, rarefy, reduce, refine, shave, spike, trim, water, water down, weaken, weed out |
| Antonyms: | beef up, thicken |
| Main Entry: | vitiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | blemish, blight, brutalize, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, deteriorate, devalue, harm, impair, injure, mar, pervert, pollute, prejudice, spoil, sully, taint, tarnish, violate, warp, water down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect, save |
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