BOIL DOWN

Meaning of BOIL DOWN in English

When you ~ a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.

He boils down red wine and uses what’s left...

= reduce

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

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BOIL DOWN — verb Date: 1731 transitive verb to reduce in bulk by boiling, condense , summarize , intransitive verb to undergo reduction …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOIL DOWN — transitive verb 1. : to reduce in bulk by boiling boil down syrup 2. : condense boil down a narrative …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOIL DOWN — v. diminish via boiling; be reduced to, come down to
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOIL DOWN — Date: 1731 transitive verb 1. : to reduce in bulk by boiling 2. : condense , summarize boil down a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOIL DOWN — Function: transitive verb Date: 1731 1 : to reduce in bulk by boiling 2 : CONDENSE , SUMMARIZE < boil …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BOIL DOWN — [boil down] vt (1845) 1: to reduce in bulk by boiling 2: condense, summarize "boil down a report" ~ vi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOIL DOWN — boil down | ˌboil sth ↔ ˈdown to be reduced or to reduce sth by boiling
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOIL DOWN — boil down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ boil ) 1 . boil down to something informal if a long …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOIL DOWN — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down , it is boiled until there is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOIL DOWN — Synonyms and related words : abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOIL DOWN — {v.} 1. To boil away some of the water from; make less by boiling. * /She boiled down the maple …
Slang English vocab
BOIL DOWN — Function: verb Synonyms: SIMPLIFY , streamline
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BOIL DOWN — verb Synonyms: simplify , streamline
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOIL DOWN — v. 1) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to (it all boils down to one simple fact) 2) ( …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
BOIL DOWN — {v.} 1. To boil away some of the water from; make less by boiling. * /She boiled down the maple …
Словарь английских идиом
BOIL DOWN — v. 1. To boil away some of the water from; make less by boiling. She boiled down the maple sap …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BOIL DOWN — 1) уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOIL DOWN — Консервы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BOIL DOWN — phr v 1. 1> уваривать; выпаривать; сгущать 2> увариваться; выпариваться 2. 1> сокращать, сжимать 2> сокращаться, сжиматься; сводиться the matter …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOIL DOWN — 1) уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BOIL DOWN — phr v 1. 1) уваривать; выпаривать; сгущать 2) увариваться; выпариваться 2. 1) сокращать, сжимать 2) сокращаться, сжиматься; сводиться the matter …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BOIL DOWN — phr v 1. 1> уваривать; выпаривать; сгущать 2> увариваться; выпариваться 2. 1> сокращать, сжимать 2> сокращаться, сжиматься; сводиться the matter …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOIL DOWN — уваривать, выпаривать, сгущать; увариваться, выпариваться, упаривать, сгущаться; сводиться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BOIL DOWN — уваривать, выпаривать, сгущать; увариваться, выпариваться, упаривать, сгущаться; сводиться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BOIL DOWN — 1) уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOIL DOWN — 1) уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. — Бери …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BOIL-DOWN — выпаривать
Англо-Русский физический словарь
BOIL DOWN — а> уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. Put …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BOIL DOWN — а. уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. Put …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BOIL DOWN — уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся); сокращать(ся), сжимать(ся); сводиться (к чему-л.)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BOIL DOWN — амер. обрезать (края книги)
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
BOIL DOWN — 1) уваривать(ся), выпаривать(ся), сгущать(ся) Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity. ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOIL — I. ˈbȯil, esp bef pause or cons ˈbȯiəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by boil ) (II) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOIL — (v. t.) To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, …
Английский словарь Webster
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOIL — boil 1 /boyl/ , v.i. 1. to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOIL — I. ˈbȯi(-ə)l verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French buillir, boillir, from Latin bullire to bubble, from bulla bubble Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
BOIL — noun act or state of boiling. 2. boil ·vt to steep or soak in warm water. 3. boil ·v to …
Webster English vocab
BOIL — [boil] vb [ME, fr. OF boillir, fr. L bullire to bubble, fr. bulla bubble] vi (13c) 1 a: to come …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOIL — / bɔɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. when a liquid boils or when you boil it, it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOIL — I. boil 1 S3 /bɔɪl/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ boil , ↑ boiler ; verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOIL — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (of a liquid) start to bubble up and turn into vapour; reach a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOIL — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a liquid) start to bubble up and turn into vapour; reach a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
BOIL — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (of a liquid) start to bubble up and turn into vapour; reach …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOIL — ( boils, boiling, boiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOIL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOIL — (HEAT) [verb] - to (cause to) reach the temperature at which a liquid starts to turn into a gasLiquid nitrogen …
Cambridge English vocab
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BOIL — I. noun 1 state of boiling ADJECTIVE ▪ rolling ( AmE ) ▪ Bring the water to a rolling ~. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
BOIL — n. 25B6; verb boil the potatoes : BRING TO THE BOIL, simmer; cook. the soup is boiling : SIMMER, bubble, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOIL — I 1. сущ. кипение, точка кипения to bring to the boil ≈ доводить до кипения to keep on/at the boil …
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