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reduce
verb(re-duce)
cut down on; make a reduction in
Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down,
Examples:
Reduce your daily fat intake.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
take off weight
Synonyms: melt off, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin,
Antonyms: gain,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
be cooked until very little liquid is left
Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, decoct,
Examples:
The sauce should reduce to one cup.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Synonyms: cut, dilute, thin, thin out,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
be the essential element
Synonyms: boil down, come down,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
put down by force or intimidation
Synonyms: keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
make smaller
Synonyms: scale down,
Antonyms: blow up,
Examples:
Reduce an image.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
Synonyms: deoxidise, deoxidize,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
narrow or limit
Synonyms: tighten,
Examples:
Reduce the influx of foreigners.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
cook until very little liquid is left
Synonyms: boil down, concentrate,
Examples:
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
reduce in size; reduce physically
Synonyms: shrink,
reduce
verb(re-duce)
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
Examples:
He reduced the population to slavery.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
reduce
verb(re-duce)
lessen and make more modest
Examples:
Reduce one's standard of living.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
Examples:
She reduced her niece to a servant.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
make less complex
Examples:
Reduce a problem to a single question.
reduce
verb(re-duce)
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
reduce
verb(re-duce)
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
reduce
verb(re-duce)
undergo meiosis
Examples:
The cells reduce.

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