CENTERING Synonyms

• the locus of feelings and intuitions

• the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

• the courage to carry on

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

• a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines

• a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)

• a positive feeling of liking

• a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it

• of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages

• between an earlier and a later period of time

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• an intermediate part or section

• the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

• the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process

• being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

• equally distant from the extremes

• put in the middle

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield

• the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

• a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

• a concentrated example of something

• make denser, stronger, or purer

• direct one's attention on something

• make central

• make more concise

• draw together or meet in one common center

• compress or concentrate

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

• the center of an object

• the central part of the Earth

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

• a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

• remove the core or center from

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

• the organ of sight

• good discernment (either visually or as if visually)

• attention to what is seen

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• a small hole or loop (as in a needle)

• look at

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• at half the distance; at the middle

• equally distant from the extremes

• at a point midway between two extremes

• including only half or a portion

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values

• the quality or state of being inward or internal

• preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)

• the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

• a single whole grain of a cereal

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

• any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

• very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

• large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

• the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands

• the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located

• at half the distance; at the middle

• equally distant from the extremes

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a small lump or protuberance

• a small piece

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience