Hypertext Webster Gateway: "concentrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. i.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as,
population tends to concentrate in cities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Concentrate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
concentrate
n 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"
v 1: make dense or denser; of the solvent of a solution
2: focus 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: {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 is left; as of sauces; "The
sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: {boil down}, {reduce},
{decoct}]
8: cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces; "The
cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
[syn: {reduce}, {boil down}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.