Synonyms for boiled down

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : boil

Phonetic Transcription : bɔɪl

Top 10 synonyms for boiled down

Other synonyms for the word boiled down

Définition of boiled 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 pointed : adj penetrating, biting
As in refined : adj cleaned of impurities
As in short : adj abridged
As in succinct : adj brief, to the point
As in summary : adj concise, to the point
As in tame : adj dull, uninteresting
As in terse : adj brief, short
As in brief : adj short, compressed
As in compact : adj short, brief
As in concentrated : adj condensed, reduced
As in concise : adj short, to the point
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 :

This soup strained, and boiled down to one half, becomes consommé.
Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen

Call it liberty, if you want to, but it's all boiled down now to Addington.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

It tasted like Hades boiled down, and made me gasp for breath.
Extract from : « The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton » by Louis Becke

Mayne's last communique might have been boiled down to, "But I need it!"
Extract from : « A Transmutation of Muddles » by Horace Brown Fyfe

The sun just boiled down on that roof and we were nearly melted.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Boiled down into the self-esteem of a single race, I don't admire them any more.
Extract from : « Instinct » by George Oliver Smith

This she boiled down, and then poured the liquid into bamboo cases.
Extract from : « Mark Seaworth » by William H.G. Kingston

All the gospel in the world can be boiled down into a single precept.
Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner

This, as you see, will only make a small quantity when boiled down.
Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree

Not quite as crude as that, of course, but that's what it boiled down to, let me tell you!
Extract from : « Martyr » by Alan Edward Nourse

Antonyms for boiled down

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