From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), verb (used without an object) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore [syn: {dressed ore}]
2: a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
3: a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
verb
1: make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser
2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}]
3: make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" [syn: {centralize}, {centralise}] [ant: {decentralize}, {decentralize}, {decentralize}]
4: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: {digest}, {condense}]
5: draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
6: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: {condense}, {contract}]
7: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: {boil down}, {reduce}, {decoct}]
8: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: {reduce}, {boil down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
168 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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