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v. lessen, diminish, decrease

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Verb
1. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
(synonym) cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) shorten
(verb-group) cut
(derivation) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
2. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
(hypernym) simplify
(hyponym) abbreviate
(derivation) reduction, simplification
3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
(hypernym) demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
(hypernym) substitute, replace
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
(hypernym) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
6. be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
(synonym) come down, boil down
(hypernym) become, turn
7. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
(synonym) shrink
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) scale down
(cause) shrink, contract
(derivation) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
8. lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
(hypernym) impoverish
9. make smaller; "reduce an image"
(synonym) scale down
(antonym) blow up, enlarge, magnify
(hypernym) shrink
(derivation) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
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
(synonym) deoxidize, deoxidise
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) benficiate
(derivation) reducing agent, reducer, reductant
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
11. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
(synonym) tighten
(hypernym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
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"
(synonym) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate
(hypernym) oppress, suppress, crush
13. undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
(hypernym) reposition
15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
(synonym) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
(verb-group) edit, cut, edit out
16. be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
(synonym) boil down, decoct, concentrate
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
17. cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
(synonym) boil down, concentrate
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
(synonym) dilute, thin, thin out, cut
(hypernym) weaken
(hyponym) water down
19. take off weight
(synonym) melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
(antonym) gain, put on
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) sweat off
(derivation) reducing

adj. returning, back

nm. veteran, former member of the armed forces

v. reduce, decrease; abridge, shorten; narrow; lower; weaken