Concentrate
[n] a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
[n] a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
[n] the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
[v] cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
[v] be cooked until very little is left; as of sauces; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
[v] make dense or denser; of the solvent of a solution
[v] make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
[v] compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
[v] make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
[v] focus one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
[v] draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
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Synonyms
boil down, center, centralise, centralize, centre, condense, decoct, dressed ore, focus, pore, reduce, rivet
Related Terms
abbreviate, accelerate, aggravate, approach, assemble, attend closely to, attend to business, be alert, be obsessed with, beef up, blow up, bring into focus, bring together, center, centralize, circumscribe, close, close in, close up, close with, cluster,