Decrease and Concentrate

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• The desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore.
  • synonyms: dressed ore
• A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water.
• A concentrated example of something.
  • usage: "the concentrate of contemporary despair"

verb

• Make denser, stronger, or purer.
  • usage: "concentrate juice"
• Direct one's attention on something.
  • usage: "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  • synonyms: focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
• Make central.
  • usage: "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
  • synonyms: centralize, centralise
• Make more concise.
  • usage: "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
  • synonyms: digest, condense
• Draw together or meet in one common center.
  • usage: "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
• Compress or concentrate.
  • usage: "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
  • synonyms: condense, contract
• Be cooked until very little liquid is left.
  • usage: "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  • synonyms: boil down, reduce, decoct
• Cook until very little liquid is left.
  • usage: "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
  • synonyms: reduce, boil down

• (v.t.) To bring to or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
• (v.i.) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
• (v.t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.