Concentrate

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

Noun	1.	concentrate - the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore Synonyms: dressed ore
	2.	concentrate - a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
	3.	concentrate - a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
Verb	1.	concentrate - make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser
	2.	concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" Synonyms: focus, pore, rivet, center, centre
	3.	concentrate - make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" Synonyms: centralise, centralize Antonyms: decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate - make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
	4.	concentrate - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" Synonyms: condense, digest
	5.	concentrate - draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
	6.	concentrate - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" Synonyms: condense, contract
	7.	concentrate - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce
	8.	concentrate - cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" Synonyms: boil down, reduce

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