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Dictionary definition for the word "reduce"
reduce
(verb)
19 definitions 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: 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" 7: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: shrink] 8: lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" 9: make smaller; "reduce an image" [syn: scale down] [ant: blow up] 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] [ant: oxidize, oxidize] 11: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: 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] 13: undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" 14: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site 15: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract] [ant: elaborate] 16: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, decoct, concentrate] 17: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: boil down, concentrate] 18: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, cut]
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