dilapidate
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~ bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
dilapidate
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~ fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
dilate
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~ add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
dilate
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~ become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
dilly-dally
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~ postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
dillydally
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~ postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
dilute
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~ corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
dilute
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~ lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
dim
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~ make dim by comparison or conceal
dim
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~ become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
dim
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~ become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
dim
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~ make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
dim
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~ switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam