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The grief of losing my father has come in waves over the years, as it does with most people. His love and devotion as a father provided my closest, most intimate relationship. Dad, and our time together, is in my bones. While reflecting on him, the memories themselves seem to boil down into certain 'essences of Dad.'
Jennifer Grant

Meaning of "boil down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOIL DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOIL DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boil down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb boil down in English.

WHAT DOES BOIL DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of boil down in the English dictionary

The definition of boil down in the dictionary is to reduce or be reduced in quantity and usually altered in consistency by boiling.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BOIL DOWN

PRESENT

Present
I boil down
you boil down
he/she/it boils down
we boil down
you boil down
they boil down
Present continuous
I am boiling down
you are boiling down
he/she/it is boiling down
we are boiling down
you are boiling down
they are boiling down
Present perfect
I have boiled down
you have boiled down
he/she/it has boiled down
we have boiled down
you have boiled down
they have boiled down
Present perfect continuous
I have been boiling down
you have been boiling down
he/she/it has been boiling down
we have been boiling down
you have been boiling down
they have been boiling down
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I boiled down
you boiled down
he/she/it boiled down
we boiled down
you boiled down
they boiled down
Past continuous
I was boiling down
you were boiling down
he/she/it was boiling down
we were boiling down
you were boiling down
they were boiling down
Past perfect
I had boiled down
you had boiled down
he/she/it had boiled down
we had boiled down
you had boiled down
they had boiled down
Past perfect continuous
I had been boiling down
you had been boiling down
he/she/it had been boiling down
we had been boiling down
you had been boiling down
they had been boiling down
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will boil down
you will boil down
he/she/it will boil down
we will boil down
you will boil down
they will boil down
Future continuous
I will be boiling down
you will be boiling down
he/she/it will be boiling down
we will be boiling down
you will be boiling down
they will be boiling down
Future perfect
I will have boiled down
you will have boiled down
he/she/it will have boiled down
we will have boiled down
you will have boiled down
they will have boiled down
Future perfect continuous
I will have been boiling down
you will have been boiling down
he/she/it will have been boiling down
we will have been boiling down
you will have been boiling down
they will have been boiling down
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would boil down
you would boil down
he/she/it would boil down
we would boil down
you would boil down
they would boil down
Conditional continuous
I would be boiling down
you would be boiling down
he/she/it would be boiling down
we would be boiling down
you would be boiling down
they would be boiling down
Conditional perfect
I would have boil down
you would have boil down
he/she/it would have boil down
we would have boil down
you would have boil down
they would have boil down
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been boiling down
you would have been boiling down
he/she/it would have been boiling down
we would have been boiling down
you would have been boiling down
they would have been boiling down
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you boil down
we let´s boil down
you boil down
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to boil down
Past participle
boiled down
Present Participle
boiling down
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOIL DOWN

boil
boil away
boil down to
boil off
boil over
boil up
boil-in-a-bag
boil-in-the-bag
boilable
Boileau
boiled
boiled egg
boiled potatoes
boiled shirt
boiled sweet
boiler
boiler house
boiler room
boiler suit
boilermaker

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOIL DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of boil down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boil down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOIL DOWN

Find out the translation of boil down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of boil down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boil down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

归结
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

se reducen
570 millions of speakers

English

boil down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे फोड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تختزل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сводятся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resumem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উকুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se réduire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendidih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einkochen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

煮詰める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

졸이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Godhok mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đun sôi xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே கொதிக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली उकळणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaynatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

condensare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprowadzają się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зводяться
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se fierbe în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βράζει κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koka ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koke ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boil down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOIL DOWN»

The term «boil down» is regularly used and occupies the 89.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOIL DOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boil down

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9 QUOTES WITH «BOIL DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word boil down.
1
A. J. Buckley
When you boil down the real facts and statistics of what carbon dioxide is doing to this planet... to not feel like you have to do something... I don't think you're human.
2
Graydon Carter
Issues such as transparency often boil down to which side of - pick a number - 40 you're on. Under 40, and transparency is generally considered a good thing for society. Over 40, and one generally chooses privacy over transparency. On every side of this issue, hypocrisy abounds.
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Jennifer Grant
The grief of losing my father has come in waves over the years, as it does with most people. His love and devotion as a father provided my closest, most intimate relationship. Dad, and our time together, is in my bones. While reflecting on him, the memories themselves seem to boil down into certain 'essences of Dad.'
4
Jim Lynch
I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a difficult mission, to try to boil down people.
5
Tift Merritt
You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.
6
Arundhati Roy
Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn't be communal riots, everybody should love each other, there shouldn't be boundaries or fundamentalism. But I think literature is more than that; these are political views which most of us hold anyway.
7
Joey Santiago
It does just boil down to music.
8
Todd Young
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.
9
Ravi Zacharias
When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You've asked them, I've asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. 'How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die?'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOIL DOWN»

Discover the use of boil down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boil down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A supplement to the pharmacopœias
Juice of barberries strained 1 pint, white sugar Jvj ; boil down to a jelly. — 2. Juice and sugar ana p. aeq. ; boil down : refrigerant. — Kentish cherry jelly, Rob de cerasis. Kentish cherry juice, strained, 1 pint, sugar Jvj ; boil down: refrigerant.
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1828
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The Dispensatory of the United States of America
Boil down to two pints [Imp. meas.], and strain." Lond. "Take of Pearl-Barley, Figs sliced, Raisins freed of the seeds, of each, two ounces and a half,- Liquorice Root , sliced and bruised,five dracltms; Waterfivepints and a lia'lfLImperiaI measure].
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A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: Being a Treatise on ...
Kentish cherry juice, strained, 1 pint, sugar ^vj ; boil down : refrigerant. Rob de cornis. Cornelian cherries Ibj ; boil in a little water, pulp through the sieve, add sugar gvj, and boil down. Rob cydoniorum. Juice of quinces, cleared by settling a  ...
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1821
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A Supplement to the Pharmacopœia and Treatise on ...
Juice and sugar ana p. aeq. ; boil down : refrigerant. Kentish cherry jelly, Rob de cerasis. Kentish cherry juice, strained, 1 pint, sugar 3vj ; boil down : refrigerant. Cornelian cherry jelly, Rob de cornis. Cornelian cherries lb. j ; boil in a little water,  ...
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1836
5
A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
boil down • boil up boil down—be reduced by boiling: These plums are heaped up in the pan, but they will boil down. boil up—(of a quarrel, crisis, etc.) develop; be about to occur: A dispute is boiling up over who should be the first to greet our  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2010
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Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: Being a Concise But ...
Use. — Employed for fomentations and enemata. Decoctum mezerei. Decoction of mezereon. Edin. Ph. 1841. B Mezereon, in cliips . . . Jij. Liquorice root, bruised . . Jss. Water Oij. Mix them, and boil down with a gentle heat to a pint and a half, ...
Theophilus Redwood, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1848
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The House Book; Or, Family Chronicle of Useful Knowledge, ...
Juice of barberries strained, one pint; white sugar six ounces; boil down to a jelly. f 2. Juice of barbcrries and sugar, equal parts: boil down. Refrigerant. i Rob de Cerasis.——Kentish cherry juice, strained, one pint; sugar, six ounces: boil down.
William Scott, 1826
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The New London Pharmacopoeia: Tr. and Arranged in a Tabular ...
Boil down to a pint, and strain. Incompatibles.— Metallic Salts, Vegetable Alkaloids, Isinglass, Gelatine, and Albuminous Fluids. Pomegranate (Rind) Distilled Water - - 2oz. li pint. Boil down to a pint, and strain. DECOCTUM CRANATI.
Peter Wyatt Squire, 1851
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A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral ...
R. Pipsissewa (bruised), t^j.; water, Ojss. Boil down to a pint and strain.] [3. Decoctum Cinchona flavor. Decoction of yellow bark. R. Yellow bark (bruised), ^j. ; water, Oj. Boil for ten minutes in a covered vessel, and strain the liquor while hot .] [4.
Richard Dennis Hoblyn, 1865
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Iroquois Medical Botany
W1912B SH Venereal disease. With: (1) 254, Aralia nudicaulis, W1912C; (2) 255, Aralia race- mosa, W1912D; (3) 81, Juglans cinerea, W1912D; (4) 134, Populus xjackii, W1912. Break the roots of 1 plant of each. Put in 5 qt. water, boil down to ...
James W. Herrick, Dean R. Snow, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOIL DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boil down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greek Speak: A guide to the country's debt crisis lexicon
People working in finance like to boil down ungainly phrases. The Federal Reserve's effort to spur economic growth, known as quantitative easing to academics, ... «MyFox Chicago, Jul 15»
2
Can't have an orgasm? Your partner isn't “clitorate”? Here's some …
... (from the media, strangers, friends, and even ourselves) that boil down to, essentially, “Here's another reason why you should hate yourself! «Salon, Jul 15»
3
Kyrie Irving: Cavaliers Would Have Beat Warriors in NBA Finals If …
Unfortunately for those that would want to boil down their impacts to simple narratives, the reality is far more complicated. We know that the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
4
Money Saving Mondays: Summer Camp
They boil down to not overpacking, keeping it simple, and not overestimating how much laundry your kids are generally willing to do and how ... «NECN, Jul 15»
5
Are You Aging Faster Than Everyone Else?
It doesn't boil down quote to a five-point "Are you aging too fast" test, but most of the tests are done on routine physicals, or could be, Belsky ... «MyArkLaMiss, Jul 15»
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Video: riding shotgun at Goodwood in Ken Block's 845bhp Mustang
Stacks that boil down to a monster, Roush Yates-tuned 410 cubic-inch Ford engine that's practically a NASCAR motor. It's 6.7-litres of pure, ... «Top Gear, Jul 15»
7
Batman: Arkham Knight Review
Most of the encounters boil down to dodging enemy attacks and waiting for the cannon to charge, or sneaking around behind larger tanks and ... «Game Rant, Jul 15»
8
Lionel Messi Or Diego Maradona - The Greatest of All Time Debate …
Most arguments in favour of Diego Maradona as the greatest player ever almost always boil down to the 1986 FIFA World Cup (though one ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
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Councilors to consider code of ethical conduct
Other provisions set out in the five-page document, which Johnson had hoped to boil down to about two pages, are intended to promote ... «Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Jul 15»
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Vacations are a Necessity…Not a Luxury
Many of these boil down to one…without your presence things will fall apart. Really, they are just excuses … not reasons! Getting away from ... «City Watch, Jul 15»

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