condense

Universal Words verb 1 ~ (sth) (into sth) to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid: Steam condenses into water when it cools. * [VN] The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder. 2 if a liquid condenses or you condense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water: [VN] Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes. [also V] 3 [VN] ~ sth (into sth) to put sth such as a piece of writing into fewer words; to put a lot of information into a small space: The article was condensed into just two pages. * The author has condensed a great deal of material into just 100 pages.