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Meaning of reduce
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reduce
v 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat
intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
[syn: {reduce}, {cut down}, {cut back}, {trim}, {trim
down}, {trim back}, {cut}, {bring down}]
2: make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
3: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced
the population to slavery"
4: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by
substituting one term for another
5: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified
situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
6: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a
compromise" [syn: {reduce}, {come down}, {boil down}]
7: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the
sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: {shrink},
{reduce}]
8: lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of
living"
9: make smaller; "reduce an image" [syn: {reduce}, {scale down}]
[ant: {blow up}, {enlarge}, {magnify}]
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 [syn: {deoxidize}, {deoxidise},
{reduce}] [ant: {oxidate}, {oxidise}, {oxidize}]
11: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn:
{reduce}, {tighten}]
12: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: {repress},
{quash}, {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}]
13: undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
14: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal
site
15: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
16: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge},
{foreshorten}, {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract},
{reduce}] [ant: {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand},
{expatiate}, {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out}, {lucubrate}]
17: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce
should reduce to one cup" [syn: {boil down}, {reduce},
{decoct}, {concentrate}]
18: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the
sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: {reduce}, {boil
down}, {concentrate}]
19: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn: {dilute}, {thin}, {thin out}, {reduce},
{cut}]
20: take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight},
{slim}, {slenderize}, {thin}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain},
{put on}]
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