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Concentrate

Concentrate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Concentrate: boil down \| center \| centralise \| centralize \| centre \| condense \| decoct \| dressed ore \| focus \| pore \| reduce \| rivet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Concentrate: 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 \| coarct \| collect \| come together \| compact \| complicate \| compress \| concenter \| concentralize \| concentrate on \| concentrate the mind \| concentrate upon \| concentrated \| concentration \| condense \| congest \| congregate \| consolidate \| constant \| constrict \| constringe \| contract \| converge \| cram \| cramp \| crowd \| curtail \| decoct \| decoction \| decrease \| deepen \| densen \| densify \| direct \| distill \| distillate \| distillation \| double \| draw \| draw in \| draw together \| elixir \| enhance \| essence \| essentialize \| establish \| exacerbate \| exaggerate \| exclusive \| express \| extract \| extraction \| fall in with \| firm \| fix \| fix on \| fixate \| fixed \| focalize \| focus \| focus on \| funnel \| gather \| give heed \| group \| heap \| heat up \| heighten \| hop up \| hot up \| infuse \| infusion \| integrate \| intensify \| intersect \| jam \| jazz up \| key up \| knit \| look lively \| look out \| look sharp \| magnify \| make complex \| mass \| meet \| melt down \| miss nothing \| narrow \| narrow the gap \| nip \| pay attention \| pay heed \| pile \| pinch \| press \| press out \| pucker \| pucker up \| purification \| purse \| put \| quintessence \| ram down \| ramify \| redouble \| reduce \| refine \| refinement \| reinforce \| render \| rivet \| run together \| scrutinize \| set \| settle \| sharpen \| shorten \| shrink \| soak \| solidify \| soup up \| spirit \| squeeze \| steadfast \| steady \| steep \| step up \| strangle \| strangulate \| strengthen \| study \| take care \| take heed \| taper \| think \| triple \| undistracted \| undivided \| unfaltering \| unite \| unremitting \| unwavering \| watch out \| whet \| wring \| wring out \| wrinkle See Also \| abbreviate \| abridge \| absorb \| alter \| capsule \| capsulise \| capsulize \| cerebrate \| change \| change state \| cogitate \| contract \| converge \| cut \| decrease \| diminish \| encapsulate \| engross \| engulf \| epitome \| evaporated milk \| fall \| food product \| foodstuff \| foreshorten \| frozen orange juice \| hear \| image \| immerse \| lessen \| listen \| minify \| orange-juice concentrate \| ore \| paradigm \| plunge \| prototype \| recall \| shorten \| soak up \| steep \| take heed \| telescope \| think \| tomato concentrate \| turn \| zoom in Concentrate In Webster's Dictionary \Concen"trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concentrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concentrating}.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. {Concenter}.] 1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. (He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. --Motley. 2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to {dilute}. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. --Arbuthnot. Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate. \Concen"trate\ (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

Concentrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Concentrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Concentrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concentrating}.] [Pref. con-
+ L. centrum center. Cf. {Concenter}.]
1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite
   more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to
   fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to
   concentrate the attention.

         (He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
                                               --Motley.

2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a
   liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless
   material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by
   evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to
   {dilute}.

         Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
         greatest strength.                    --Arbuthnot.

Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.


\Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. i.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as,
population tends to concentrate in cities.

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