Concentrates - English meaning

noun

A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or infusing a substance, used for medicinal purposes.

Usage examples:

The quinoa is eaten boiled like rice, and has a very pleasant taste; and the water in which it has …

idiom

Bring into operation or effect

verb

Concentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority.

Usage examples:

One of his first actions was to centralize control of the company's operations

noun

The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb

Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).

Usage examples:

The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun

A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Usage examples:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Usage examples:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Usage examples:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

verb

Make (something) denser or more concentrated.

Usage examples:

The morning play on saturday was condensed into a half-hour package

noun

A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant.

Usage examples:

A decoction of a root

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid.

Usage examples:

They managed to distil a small quantity of water

verb

To make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid

Usage examples:

Some strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky are made by distilling., over 80 hours of footage have …

noun

The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.

Usage examples:

The petroleum distillation process

noun

The process of heating a liquid until it becomes a gas, then making it liquid again by cooling

noun

A magical or medicinal potion.

Usage examples:

An elixir guaranteed to induce love

noun

A substance believed to cure all ills

noun

A substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something

Usage examples:

Elixir of life/youth it's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= som…

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Usage examples:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Usage examples:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Usage examples:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

noun

The centre of interest or activity.

Usage examples:

This generation has made the environment a focus of attention

verb

Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.

Usage examples:

Try to focus on a stationary object

noun

The main object or interest, or the attention given something

Usage examples:

The focus of attention has shifted from the economy to improving the public schools., state officia…

phrasal verb

Center upon

phrasal verb

To give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject, or thing

Usage examples:

Tonight's programme focuses on the way that homelessness affects the young., focus your attention o…

phrasal verb

To aim for and move directly toward something or someone

Usage examples:

The missile homed in on the ship.

noun

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

Usage examples:

He was the quintessence of political professionalism

noun

The most typical example

Usage examples:

An american football game is the quintessence of machismo.

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Usage examples:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Usage examples:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Make or become stronger.

Usage examples:

He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb

To become more effective, or to make something more effective

Usage examples:

[ t ] somehow his illness strengthened their marriage and brought them closer together., [ t ] pare…

verb

To make something more effective or powerful

Usage examples:

A discussion paper aiming to strengthen the eu's competition regime has been circulated amongst com…

verb

Make or become thick or thicker.

Usage examples:

Thicken the sauce with flour

verb

To cause to become thicker

Usage examples:

Thicken the gravy with a little flour.

noun

A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.

Usage examples:

The remedies can be administered in form of tinctures

verb

Be tinged or imbued with a slight amount of.

Usage examples:

Arthur's affability was tinctured with faint sarcasm

noun

A medicine that consists of a mixture of alcohol and a small amount of a drug

Usage examples:

A/some tincture of iodine/myrrh

phrasal verb

To direct all your attention to one thing

Usage examples:

We’ve zeroed in on the real problem – we don’t save enough money., computers help the pilots to zer…

phrasal verb

To direct all your attention towards a particular person or thing

Usage examples:

We must decide on our target market and zero in on it., social media allows you to zero in on consu…