decoct
English Thesaurus
1. steep in hot water (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | infuse, steep, |
| definition | : | let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse (verb.change) |
2. be cooked until very little liquid is left (verb.change)
| domain category | : | cookery, cooking, preparation, |
| definition | : | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat (noun.act) |
3. extract the essence of something by boiling it (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | boil, |
| definition | : | bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point (verb.change) |
4. be cooked until very little liquid is left (verb.change)
| derivation | : | concentration, |
| definition | : | strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | concentration, |
| definition | : | increase in density (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | concentrate, |
| definition | : | a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water (noun.food) |
5. extract the essence of something by boiling it (verb.change)
| derivation | : | decoction, |
| definition | : | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling (noun.process) |
6. be cooked until very little liquid is left (verb.change)
| derivation | : | concentration, |
| definition | : | strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | concentration, |
| definition | : | increase in density (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | concentrate, |
| definition | : | a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water (noun.food) |
7. extract the essence of something by boiling it (verb.change)
| derivation | : | decoction, |
| definition | : | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling (noun.process) |
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