Concentrate
WordNet
noun
(1) A concentrated example
"The concentrate of contemporary despair"
(2) A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
(3) The desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
verb
(4) Cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
(5) Be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
(6) Make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser
(7) Make more concise
"Condense the contents of a book into a summary"
(8) Make central
"The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
(9) Direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
(10) Draw together or meet in one common center
"These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- , To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- Let me concentrate!
- 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; -- opposed to dilute.
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
Verb
concentrate
- second-person plural present tense of concentrare
- second-person plural imperative of concentrare
- feminine plural of concentrato, past participle of concentrare