Definition of: concentrate

(kon′sən·trāt) v. ·trat·ed, ·trat·ing v.t.
1. To draw to a common center; concenter; focus.
2. To intensify in strength or to purify by the removal of certain constituents; condense.
—v.i.
3. To converge toward a center; become compacted or intensified.
—noun
1. A product of concentration.
2. Usually plural Metall. The product of concentration processes whereby a mass of high metal content has been obtained from the ore or other raw materials.
—adjective Concentrated. [<CONCENTER + -ATE¹]
—con·cen·tra·tive (kon′sən·trā′tiv, kən·sen′trə·tiv) adjective
—con′·cen·tra′tive·ly adverb
—con′cen·tra′tive·ness noun
—con′cen·tra′tor noun