boil down

• POS: Verb (usu participle)

THESAURUS

boil down

abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, dock, elide, epitomize, foreshorten, mow, nip, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, shave, shear, shorten, snub, streamline, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate

ROGET THESAURUS

boil down

Contraction

VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.