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WATER DOWN
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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:
Somebody ----s something
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
