condense

Verb

Verb Forms: condensed, condensing, condenses

• To make more dense or concise; to reduce in volume.
• undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
  • "water condenses"
• make more concise
  • "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
• remove water from
  • "condense the milk"
• cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
  • "The cold air condensed the steam"
• become more compact or concentrated
  • "Her feelings condensed"
• develop due to condensation
  • "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
• compress or concentrate
  • "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
• To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
• To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
• To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

Adj

• Condensed; compact; dense.

Examples

• An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
• Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
• He tried to CONDENSE his long list of potential words into the highest-scoring option.
• Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.

Synonyms

concentrate, contract, digest, distil, distill, astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, pack, press, reduce, scrunch, simplify, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, thicken, thring, thrutch

Antonyms

dilute

Related Words

condensate, condensation, condenser