VERB
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make less strong or intense
water down the mixture -
thin by adding water to
They watered down the moonshine
How To Use water down In A Sentence
- The source of the dampness penetration can be - and must be - eradicated and quite clearly this will require simply replacing the defective rainwater downpipes.
- She stopped, staring, as several score thoughts and fears, feelings and emotions kicked her in the tail, clenching her gut and sending a sluice of cold water down her spine.
- You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long.
- After a big rain, a rush of water down nude valley hills scours away the top-soil.
- She poured the bucket of dirty water down the drain.
- In terms of modern PC attitudes toward war and national solidarity, it's a big bucket of cold water down the pants of the timorous, and it reminds you how unapologetic popular patriotism used to be.
- The move implies he is open to compromise in the area, and will be seized upon by publicans and hoteliers, anxious to water down his proposals.
- He splashed some on his face and handed the container to Quinn, who also greedily guzzled the water down.
- Channeling of water down the fin by troughs or rubber channels does not appear to improve thrust or economy.
- They scurried around like ants when you pour water down an anthill, with no awareness of the world around them, as if the earth began and ended with high school.