Main entry: concentrate
Definition: a concentrated example of something
Usage: the concentrate of contemporary despair
Main entry: concentrate
Definition: a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
Main entry: dressed ore, concentrate
Definition: the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
Main entry: reduce, boil down, concentrate
Definition: cook until very little liquid is left
Usage: The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
Main entry: concentrate, decoct, boil down, reduce
Definition: be cooked until very little liquid is left
Usage: The sauce should reduce to one cup
Main entry: concentrate
Definition: make denser, stronger, or purer
Usage: concentrate juice
Main entry: concentrate, condense, digest
Definition: make more concise
Usage: condense the contents of a book into a summary
Main entry: concentrate, condense, contract
Definition: compress or concentrate
Usage: Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
Main entry: concentrate, centralise, centralize
Definition: make central
Usage: The Russian government centralized the distribution of food
Main entry: focus, concentrate, center, centre, rivet, pore
Definition: direct one's attention on something
Usage: Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Main entry: concentrate
Definition: draw together or meet in one common center
Usage: These groups concentrate in the inner cities