concentrate

  1. Verb.  (transitive) , (intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
  2. Verb.  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; -- opposed to dilute.
  3. Verb.  To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
  5. Noun.  A substance that is in a condensed form.

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