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WATER DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin by adding water to

Example:

They watered down the moonshine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "water down" is one way to...):

adulterate; debase; dilute; load; stretch (corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones)

Sentence frame:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Make less strong or intense

Example:

water down the mixture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "water down" is one way to...):

cut; dilute; reduce; thin; thin out (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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