boil down en · VERB
Etymology
As an allusion to the technique of reduction or decreasing liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
Meanings
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(intransitive, transitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
He boiled the soup down so it wouldn't be so weak.
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(intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
For England, everything now boils down to what happens against Poland on Tuesday.
2013 October 11, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
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(transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
My dissertation is 342 pages long, and I'm required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boiled down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| boiled down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| boiling down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| boils down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
come down to (become reduced)
Translations (32)
pl sprowadzić do (To reduce) · uk зво́дитися (To become reduced) · es herver el líquido de (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · ko 조리다 (To reduce) · ko 졸다 (To become reduced) · ja 煮詰める (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · it ridurre (To reduce) · ru вы́парить (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · pt condensar (To reduce) · es reducirse a (To become reduced) · pl sprowadzać do (To reduce) · pt resumir-se (To become reduced) · pl zejść do (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · es hervirle el agua a (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · uk звести́ся (To become reduced) · pl schodzić do (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · pt simplificar (To reduce) · ca reduir (To reduce) · fr se résumer (To become reduced) · ru сжать (To reduce) · it condensare (To reduce) · ru свести́ (To reduce) · de einkochen (To reduce) · pl sprowadzić się do (To become reduced) · it semplificare (To reduce) · pt resumir (To reduce) · ru своди́ться (To become reduced) · pl sprowadzać się do (To become reduced) · es resumirse (To become reduced) · ru выпа́ривать (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning) · ru свести́сь (To become reduced) · pt diminuir (Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning)