condense
Shrink into less
Condense means to make denser or more compact.
Steam condenses into water droplets when it cools.
A condensed book or report has been shortened.
Condensed milk has had water removed.
To condense an argument is to compress it into fewer words: Let me condense this into three points.
The opposite is expand or dilute.
Shorten by omission
- summarizeState main points briefly
- compressReduce volume by force
- truncateCut off abruptly
- curtailTo cut short
synopsis · digest · abstract · brief · outline · epitome · boil down · distill
Purify through vaporization
- coreCentral essential portion
- gistCentral meaning distilled
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- cruxMost important point
heart · kernel · nucleus · pith · substance · fundamentals · concentrate · extract
Tightly packed together
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- densifyMake more concentrated
- packGroup or compress
contract · shrink · constrict · tighten · collapse · consolidate · solidify · thicken
Small amounts of liquid
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
- dewOvernight surface condensation
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- mistFine airborne moisture
steam · water vapor · precipitation · humidity · dewpoint · saturation · beads · clouds
abridge
Shorten by omission
curtail · synopsis · digest · abstract · brief · outline · epitome · boil down · distill · précis
distill
Purify through vaporization
- coreCentral essential portion
- gistCentral meaning distilled
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
crux · heart · kernel · nucleus · pith · substance · fundamentals · concentrate · extract · boil down
compact
Tightly packed together
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- densifyMake more concentrated
pack · contract · shrink · constrict · tighten · collapse · consolidate · solidify · thicken · coalesce
moisture
Small amounts of liquid
mist · steam · water vapor · precipitation · humidity · dewpoint · saturation · beads · clouds · evaporation
purify
Remove unwanted substances
- refineRemove impurities from
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- concentrateReduced, potent form
reduce · evaporate · boil · separate · alembic · still · alcohol · essence · filtrate · vaporize
- note-takingnotes, jot, notation, write down, note down
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- lab verbsanalyze, boil, calibrate, centrifuge, dilute
- matter statessolid, liquid state, plasma, vapor, gaseous
- streamliningstreamline, simplify, optimize, consolidate, minimize
- condensed milkSugar-preserved reduced dairy
- condensation trailAircraft exhaust vapor path
- condensed soupShelf-stable soup requiring dilution
- sweetened condensed milkThickened sugary canned dairy
- sweetened condensed
- condensed versionShortened form of original
condensed, condensation, condensing, condenses, condenser, condensations, uncondensed, condensers, condensate