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To reduce in volume by boiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- He boiled the soup down so it wouldn't be so weak.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- My dissertation is 342 pages long, and I'm required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cook until very little liquid is left
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reduce, concentrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, lessen, minify
be cooked until very little liquid is left
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The sauce should reduce to one cup
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reduce, decoct, concentrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
be the essential element
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The proposal boils down to a compromise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reduce, come down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: become, turn
As an allusion to the technique of reduction or decreasing liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Japanese:
煮詰める
(nitsumeru)
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Polish:
schodzić do
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Polish:
zejść do
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Portuguese:
diminuir
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Russian:
выпа́ривать
(vypárivatʹ)
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Russian:
вы́парить
(výparitʹ)
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Spanish:
reducir
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Spanish:
jerverle el agua a
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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Spanish:
herver el líquido de
— Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
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French:
se résumer
— To become reduced
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Korean:
졸다
(jolda)
— To become reduced
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Polish:
sprowadzać się do
— To become reduced
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Polish:
sprowadzić się do
— To become reduced
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Portuguese:
resumir-se
— To become reduced
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Russian:
своди́ться
(svodítʹsja)
— To become reduced
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Russian:
свести́сь
(svestísʹ)
— To become reduced
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Spanish:
resumirse
— To become reduced
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Spanish:
reducirse a
— To become reduced
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Ukrainian:
зво́дитися
(zvódytysja)
— To become reduced
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Ukrainian:
звести́ся
(zvestýsja)
— To become reduced
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Catalan:
reduir
— To reduce
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German:
einkochen
— To reduce
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Italian:
condensare
— To reduce
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Italian:
ridurre
— To reduce
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Italian:
semplificare
— To reduce
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Korean:
조리다
(jorida)
— To reduce
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Polish:
sprowadzać do
— To reduce
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Polish:
sprowadzić do
— To reduce
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Portuguese:
condensar
— To reduce
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Portuguese:
resumir
— To reduce
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Portuguese:
simplificar
— To reduce
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Russian:
сжать
(sžatʹ)
— To reduce
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Russian:
свести́
(svestí)
— To reduce
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Spanish:
reducir
— To reduce
