condense
21condense — verb (condensed; condensing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin condensare, from com + densare to make dense, from densus dense Date: 15th century transitive verb to make denser or more compact; especially to subject to condensation …
22condense — verb a) To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence. An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size. b) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation. Boiling off water condenses a thin… …
23condense — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accelerate, aggravate, be telegraphic, beef up, blow up, bob, boil down, brief, cake, candy, capsule, capsulize, circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact, complicate, compress, concentrate,… …
24condense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. abridge, digest, abbreviate, shorten, cut, epitomize; compress, compact, thicken, concentrate, distill. See density, shortness, contraction, liquefaction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To compress] Syn.… …
25condense — con|dense [ kən dens ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive if gas or steam condenses, or if something condenses it, it changes into a liquid 2. ) transitive to make a piece of writing shorter by removing some parts a ) to make anything shorter… …
26condense — con·dense || kÉ™n dens v. make denser, compress; make shorter, abridge; concentrate; reduce from a gas to a liquid …
27condense — verb 1》 change from a gas or vapour to a liquid. 2》 [usu. as adjective condensed] thicken (a liquid) by heating it to reduce the water content. 3》 make denser or more concentrated. ↘express (a piece of writing or speech) in fewer words; make… …
28condense — I. v. a. 1. Compress, consolidate, concentrate; make dense, compact, or close; press together. 2. Abridge, abbreviate, shorten, epitomize, reduce, diminish, contract, curtail. 3. Reduce to a liquid state, liquefy. II. v. n. 1. Grow dense. 2.… …
29condense — verb 1) the water vapor condenses Syn: precipitate, liquefy, become liquid, deliquesce Ant: vaporize 2) he condensed the play Syn: abridge, shorten, cut, abbrev …
30condense — v 1. compress, concentrate, consolidate, compact; press or force together, constrict, con stringe, astringe, squeeze, pinch, crowd, crush, pack, cram, ram, stuff, wedge, cramp, tighten, Obs. constipate; shorten, reduce, retrench, contract,… …
