Water-down Definition

verb

To dilute; to add water.

You need to water down the lemonade a bit more to make it less sweet, dear.
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(idiomatic) To make weaker.

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(idiomatic) To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult.

If you plan to teach this material to children, you may need to water it down.
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(idiomatic) To make less restrictive; to make more lenient.

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Water-down Sentence Examples

  • Mixing them with an ensemble featuring loud patterns and other bright colors will water down the neon shoes' visual impact.

  • Here the Umgeni leaps in a single sheet of water down a precipice over 350 ft.

  • Probably the northern and north-eastern region, within the monsoon area, contains relatively fresh water down to very considerable depths.

  • At night we teetered out with buckets, Rushed the water down the slide 's length In one black stain.

  • Water that drains off the roof is collected in the guttering that in turn drains the water down the down pipe and into the barrel.

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