Reduce

verb
rɪ'dus

Verb

  • cut down on; make a reduction in

    reduce your daily fat intake

    Similar:CutTrim
    Type of:LessenMinifyDecrease
  • be cooked until very little liquid is left

    The sauce should reduce to one cup

    Similar:ConcentrateDecoct
    Type of:DiminishLessenFall
  • make smaller

    reduce an image

    Type of:Shrink
  • narrow or limit

    reduce the influx of foreigners

    Similar:Tighten
    Type of:LimitConfineTrammel
  • cook until very little liquid is left

    The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time

    Similar:Concentrate
    Type of:LessenMinifyDecrease
  • bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

    He reduced the population to slavery

    Type of:BreakBumpDemote
  • lessen and make more modest

    reduce one's standard of living

    Type of:Impoverish
  • lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

    She reduced her niece to a servant

    Type of:DegradeDemeanDisgrace
  • make less complex

    reduce a problem to a single question

    Type of:Simplify
  • undergo meiosis

    The cells reduce

    Type of:DividePartSeparate
  • take off weight

    Similar:SlenderizeSlimThin
    Type of:Turn
  • lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    Type of:Weaken
  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    Type of:LessenMinifyDecrease
  • be the essential element

    Type of:BecomeTurn
  • put down by force or intimidation

    Type of:OppressSuppressCrush
  • 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

    Similar:DeoxidiseDeoxidize
    Type of:Change
  • reduce in size; reduce physically

    Similar:Shrink
    Type of:DecreaseMinifyLessen
  • destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

    Type of:De-emphasizeDe-emphasiseDestress
  • reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

    Type of:Reposition
  • simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

    Type of:InterchangeReplaceExchange

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