All boil down antonyms
boil down
B b verb boil down
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- lengthen β to make longer; make greater in length.
- amplify β If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- release β to lease again.
- disperse β to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- loosen β to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- stretch β to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- add β ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- unwrinkle β to smooth the wrinkles from.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- untie β to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- blow up β If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
- fill β to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- thin β having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- prolong β to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- scatter β to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- detail β The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- pour β to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- dirty β soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- pollute β to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- worsen β Make or become worse.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- spoil β to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- indulge β to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- mystify β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.