reduce
(verb)
verb
1. cut down on; make a reduction in
- reduce your daily fat intake
Definition categories: change, decrease, lessen, minify
2. make less complex
- reduce a problem to a single question
Definition categories: change, simplify
3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- He reduced the population to slavery
Definition categories: social, break, bump, demote, relegate
4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
Definition categories: possession, exchange, interchange, replace, substitute
5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- She reduced her niece to a servant
Definition categories: emotion, degrade, demean, disgrace
6. be the essential element
Definition categories: change, become, turn
7. reduce in size; reduce physically
Similar word(s): shrink
Definition categories: change, decrease, lessen, minify
8. lessen and make more modest
- reduce one's standard of living
Definition categories: possession, impoverish
9. make smaller
- reduce an image
Definition categories: change, reduce, shrink
10. 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 word(s): deoxidise, deoxidize
Definition categories: change
11. narrow or limit
- reduce the influx of foreigners
Similar word(s): tighten
Definition categories: change, bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel
12. put down by force or intimidation
Similar word(s): quash, repress, subdue, subjugate
Definition categories: social, crush, oppress, suppress
13. undergo meiosis
- The cells reduce
Definition categories: contact, divide, part, separate
14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Definition categories: contact, reposition
15. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
Definition categories: change, destress
16. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Similar word(s): abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten
Definition categories: change, decrease, lessen, minify
17. be cooked until very little liquid is left
- The sauce should reduce to one cup
Similar word(s): concentrate, decoct
Definition categories: change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
18. cook until very little liquid is left
- The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
Similar word(s): concentrate
Definition categories: change, decrease, lessen, minify
19. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Similar word(s): cut, dilute, thin
Definition categories: change, weaken
20. take off weight
Similar word(s): slenderize, slim, thin