| concentrate | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. concentrate, dressed ore | the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore. |
| ~ ore | a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined. |
| n. (food) | 2. concentrate | a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water. |
| ~ food product, foodstuff | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food. |
| ~ tomato concentrate | a concentrated form of tomatoes. |
| ~ evaporated milk | milk concentrated by evaporation. |
| ~ frozen orange juice, orange-juice concentrate | orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. concentrate | a concentrated example of something.; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" |
| ~ epitome, prototype, paradigm, image | a standard or typical example.; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" |
| v. (change) | 4. concentrate | make denser, stronger, or purer.; "concentrate juice" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb, plunge | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ rivet | hold (someone's attention).; "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" |
| ~ recall | cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" |
| ~ think | focus one's attention on a certain state.; "Think big"; "think thin" |
| ~ zoom in | examine closely; focus one's attention on.; "He zoomed in on the book" |
| ~ take heed, listen, hear | listen and pay attention.; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" |
| v. (change) | 6. centralise, centralize, concentrate | make central.; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 7. concentrate, condense, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| ~ abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate | put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.; "capsulize the news" |
| ~ telescope | make smaller or shorter.; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" |
| v. (motion) | 8. concentrate | draw together or meet in one common center.; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" |
| ~ converge | move or draw together at a certain location.; "The crowd converged on the movie star" |
| v. (change) | 9. concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ condense | become more compact or concentrated.; "Her feelings condensed" |
| v. (change) | 10. boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (change) | 11. boil down, concentrate, reduce | cook until very little liquid is left.; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
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