Synonyms for boil down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : boil

Phonetic Transcription : bɔɪl

Top 10 synonyms for boil down

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Définition of boil down

Origin : early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.
I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]
Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.

As in abbreviate : verb shorten
As in shorten : verb diminish, decrease
As in simplify : verb make easy, intelligible
As in summarize : verb give a rundown
As in trim : verb cut shorter
As in compress : verb compact, condense
As in condense : verb abridge
As in curtail : verb cut short; abridge
As in deduce : verb figure out, understand
As in digest : verb make shorter; abridge
As in distill : verb make pure; draw out something
As in edit : verb rewrite, refine

Example sentences :

Mix and boil down to one quart; when cool give it as a drench.
Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus

When the lime is slaked, add six gallons of water, and boil down to two gallons.
Extract from : « Your Plants » by James Sheehan

Addison and I went over one afternoon to see them "boil down."
Extract from : « A Busy Year at the Old Squire's » by Charles Asbury Stephens

In a stew, on the contrary, you boil down this soup till it permeates the fibre which long exposure to heat has softened.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various

Put the bones back into the broth and let this boil down to three quarters of a pint.
Extract from : « My Pet Recipes, Tried and True » by Various

My idea is that they boil down a dictionary, and take two table-spoonsful each night before going to bed.
Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

As I was sitting on the ground by them next morning, lamenting I had nothing to boil down their blubber in, an idea struck me.
Extract from : « A Chapter of Adventures » by G. A. Henty

Take the apples out, core them and fill with a fruit jelly, if liked, boil down the syrup and pour over the fruit.
Extract from : « The Golden Age Cook Book » by Henrietta Latham Dwight

They taught our New England ancestors how to tap the trees and boil down the sirup and how to "sugar off."
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller

Pick out the meat, boil down the shell, use the liquor for making the sauce with minced lobster, and buttered rolled flour.
Extract from : « Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book » by Margaret Brown

Antonyms for boil down

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