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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
boil down
v 1: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a
compromise" [syn: reduce, come down]
2: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce
should reduce to one cup" [syn: reduce, decoct, concentrate]
3: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the
sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: reduce, concentrate]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
boil down
vb.
1 (lb en transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central
elements or ingredients: to the essence, core(,) or implication for
action).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
boil down
vb.
1 (lb en transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central
elements or ingredients: to the essence, core(,) or implication for
action).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
boil down
vb.
1 (lb en transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central
elements or ingredients: to the essence, core(,) or implication for
action).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
boil down
vb.
1 (lb en transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central
elements or ingredients: to the essence, core(,) or implication for
action).
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
boil down
Englanti vb.
1 keittää kokoon, keittää vähemmäksi
2 (rak en to) tiivistyä jhk, kiteytyä jhk
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
boil down /bˈɔɪl dˈaʊn/
zkrátit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
boil down /bˈɔɪl dˈaʊn/
zestručnit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
boil down /bˈɔɪl dˈaʊn/
zhustit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
boil down /bˈɔɪl dˈaʊn/
vyvařit se
Note: částečně
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
boil down /bˈɔɪl dˈaʊn/
einkochen [cook.]
see: boiling down, boiled down
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
boil down /bˈɔɪl dˈaʊn/
煮詰める
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "boil down":
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, capsulize, clip, compress,
condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down,
cut off short, cut short, dock, elide, epitomize, foreshorten, mow,
nip, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce,
retrench, shave, shear, shorten, snub, streamline, stunt, sum up,
summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
煮浓,熬浓,压缩
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