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Definition of To boil down

To boil down
Boil Boil, v. t. 1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water. 2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt. 3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes. The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all. --Gower. 4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.] To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. --Bacon. To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.

Meaning of To boil down from wikipedia

- "Boil Them Cabbage Down" (also "Bile 'Em Cabbage Down") is an American folk song.Hoecakes are small cornmeal cakes that were baked over a fire on the blade...
- Boiling down was the term used in Australia for the process of rendering the fat from animal carc****es to produce tallow. It was a common activity on...
- Seafood boil in the United States is the generic term for any number of types of social events in which s****fish, whether sal****er or freshwater, is...
- term dates back to 1350–1400 from the past participle stem of Latin decoquere (meaning "to boil down"), from de ("from") + coquere ("to cook"). In brewing...
- same hiragana is used to write the sounds. For example, chijimeru ('to boil down' or 'to shrink') is spelled ちぢめる and tsuzuku ('to continue') is つづく. For...
- liquids will boil at different temperatures. The normal boiling point (also called the atmospheric boiling point or the atmospheric pressure boiling point)...
- John Hollinger's all-in-one basketball rating, which attempts to collect or boil down all of a player's contributions into one number. Using a detailed...
- is a form of animal glue made by boiling down the hooves of ungulates into partially hydrolyzed keratin. It is not to be confused with hide glue. Hoof...
- According to it, the goal of methodology is to boil down the research process to a simple set of rules or a recipe that automatically leads to good research...
- often clinging to rocks. The prin****l variety is Porphyra umbilicalis, a red algae which tends to be a brownish colour, but boils down to a dark green...