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Meaning of concentrate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  concentrate
      n 1: the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been
           removed from mined ore [syn: {dressed ore}, {concentrate}]
      2: a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by
         removing water
      3: a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of
         contemporary despair"
      v 1: make denser, stronger, or purer; "concentrate juice"
      2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
         studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate},
         {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}]
      3: make central; "The Russian government centralized the
         distribution of food" [syn: {centralize}, {centralise},
         {concentrate}] [ant: {decentralise}, {decentralize},
         {deconcentrate}]
      4: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a
         summary" [syn: {digest}, {condense}, {concentrate}]
      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}, {concentrate},
         {contract}]
      7: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should
         reduce to one cup" [syn: {boil down}, {reduce}, {decoct},
         {concentrate}]
      8: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the
         sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: {reduce}, {boil
         down}, {concentrate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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