Definitions for boil down
boil down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reduce, come down, boil downverb

   be the essential element

   "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

2. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrateverb

   be cooked until very little liquid is left

   "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

3. reduce, boil down, concentrateverb

   cook until very little liquid is left

   "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boil downverb

   To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core or implication for action).

2. boil downverb

   To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core or implication for action).

3. Etymology: As an allusion to the technique of reduction or decreasing liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.

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1. boil down

   To boil down essentially means to simplify or condense detailed information into its most basic, crucial, or simplest elements. It can also refer to the final essential outcome or result after all irrelevant or extra aspects have been removed. In cooking terms, it's reducing a substance by heating it.

Matched Categories

1. • Become
   • Cookery
   • Decrease

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of boil down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of boil down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of boil down in a Sentence

1. Vic Berger:

   I like to amplify what's already there and focus on that, like the weird facial expressions and the people behind them. I boil down the candidates almost to their essence, in a way. You can watch a five-minute video of mine and not learn anything about what their policy is. But I think you do get an understanding of what kind of person they might be.

2. Uzo Asonye:

   All of these charges boil down to one simple issue : that Paul Manafort lied, paul Manafort placed Paul Manafort and Paul Manafort money over the law.

3. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   You can boil down all of my negotiations to one word: flexibility. Is this organization flexible enough to make sure that countries inside the eurozone can grow and succeed, and countries outside the eurozone like Britain can find what they need as well, if it's flexible enough, we'll stay. If it's not flexible enough we'll have to ask ourselves a very profound question: is this organization for us?

4. Donald Trump:

   I really believe that the vote that voters make on Nov. 6 is going to boil down to if they vote for a Republican member of the House of Representatives, they're going to vote against impeachment, and if they vote for a Democratic member of the House of Representatives or a challenger, they're voting for impeachment, this is all about impeachment. It always has been.

5. Juliya Arbisman:

   These might boil down to the ability of preexisting legal mechanisms to deal with these sorts of modern questions, there is also a pretty clear case for countries insisting on China to honor its obligations under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) to stop people from trading in and eating endangered species, which is likely how Covid-19 infected humans in the first place.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=boil down
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boil_Down
3. ^ ChatGPT
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