1. reduce - verb
· cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Synonym(s): cut_down, cut_back, trim, trim_down, trim_back, cut, bring_down
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify
2. reduce - verb
· make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
Hypernym(s): simplify
3. reduce - verb
· bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
Hypernym(s): demote, bump, relegate, break, kick_downstairs
4. reduce - verb
· simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
Hypernym(s): substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
5. reduce - verb
· lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
Hypernym(s): take_down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put_down
6. reduce - verb
· be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
Synonym(s): come_down, boil_down
7. reduce - verb
· reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
Synonym(s): shrink
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify
8. reduce - verb
· lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
Hypernym(s): impoverish
9. reduce - verb
· make smaller; "reduce an image"
Synonym(s): scale_down
Antonym(s): blow_up
10. reduce - verb
· 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(s): deoxidize, deoxidise
Hypernym(s): change
11. reduce - verb
· narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
Synonym(s): tighten
Hypernym(s): restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
12. reduce - verb
· 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(s): repress, quash, keep_down, subdue, subjugate
Hypernym(s): oppress, suppress, crush
13. reduce - verb
· undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
Hypernym(s): separate, divide, part
14. reduce - verb
· reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Hypernym(s): reposition
15. reduce - verb
· destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
Hypernym(s): de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
16. reduce - verb
· reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Synonym(s): abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify
17. reduce - verb
· be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
Synonym(s): boil_down, decoct, concentrate
Hypernym(s): decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
18. reduce - verb
· cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
Synonym(s): boil_down, concentrate
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify
19. reduce - verb
· lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
Synonym(s): dilute, thin, thin_out, cut
Hypernym(s): weaken
20. reduce - verb
· take off weight
Synonym(s): melt_off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim_down
Hypernym(s): change_state, turn
Antonym(s): gain
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