Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - concentrate
Concentrate
concentrate
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by on, upon) focus all one's attention or mental ability. 2 tr. bring together (troops, power, attention, etc.) to one point; focus. 3 tr. increase the strength of (a liquid etc.) by removing water or any other diluting agent. 4 tr. (as concentrated adj.) (of hate etc.) intense, strong. --n. 1 a concentrated substance. 2 a concentrated form of esp. food. Derivatives concentratedly adv. concentrative adj. concentrator n. Etymology: after concentre f. F concentrer (as con- + centre)
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I. verb (-trated; -trating) Etymology: com+ Latin centrum center Date: 1641 transitive verb 1. to bring or direct toward a common center or objective ; focus , to gather into one body, mass, or force , to accumulate (a toxic substance) in bodily tissues , 2. to make less dilute , to express or exhibit in condensed form, intransitive verb to draw toward or meet in a common center, gather, collect, to focus one's powers, efforts, or attention , ~dly adverb concentrative adjective II. noun Date: 1883 something ~d: as, a mineral-rich product obtained after an initial processing of ore, a food reduced in bulk by elimination of fluid , a feedstuff (as grains) relatively rich in digestible nutrients ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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