reduce

Meanings

• cut down on; make a reduction in
  • "reduce your daily fat intake"
• make less complex
  • "reduce a problem to a single question"
• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
  • "He reduced the population to slavery"
• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
  • "She reduced her niece to a servant"
• be the essential element
• reduce in size; reduce physically
• lessen and make more modest
  • "reduce one's standard of living"
• make smaller
  • "reduce an image"
• 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
• narrow or limit
  • "reduce the influx of foreigners"
• put down by force or intimidation
• undergo meiosis
  • "The cells reduce"
• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
• be cooked until very little liquid is left
  • "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
• cook until very little liquid is left
  • "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
• take off weight

Synonyms

abbreviate, abridge, boil down, bring down, come down, concentrate, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, decoct, deoxidise, deoxidize, dilute, foreshorten, keep down, lose weight, melt off, quash, repress, scale down, shorten, shrink, slenderize, slim, slim down, subdue, subjugate, thin, thin out, tighten, trim, trim back, trim down