DECOCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decoct mean? 

• DECOCT (verb)
  The verb DECOCT has 3 senses:

1. extract the essence of something by boiling it

2. be cooked until very little liquid is left

3. steep in hot water

  Familiarity information: DECOCT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECOCT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decoct    ... he / she / it decocts   
Past simple: decocted   
Past participle: decocted   
-ing form: decocting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extract the essence of something by boiling it

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "decoct" is one way to...):

boil (bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

decoction ((pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be cooked until very little liquid is left

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

boil down; concentrate; decoct; reduce

Context example:

The sauce should reduce to one cup

Hypernyms (to "decoct" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Steep in hot water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "decoct" is one way to...):

infuse; steep (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something