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reduce

Verbs

• (v) cut down on; make a reduction in
  • reduce your daily fat intake
  • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
  cut down, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down,
• (v) make less complex
  • reduce a problem to a single question
• (v) bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
  • He reduced the population to slavery
• (v) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
• (v) lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
  • She reduced her niece to a servant
• (v) be the essential element
  • The proposal boils down to a compromise
  boil down, come down,
• (v) reduce in size; reduce physically
  • Hot water will shrink the sweater
  • Can you shrink this image?
  shrink,
• (v) lessen and make more modest
  • reduce one's standard of living
• (v) make smaller
  • reduce an image
  scale down,
• (v) 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 deoxidise, deoxidize,
• (v) narrow or limit
  • reduce the influx of foreigners
  tighten,
• (v) 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
  quash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down,
• (v) undergo meiosis
  • The cells reduce
• (v) reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
• (v) destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
• (v) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • The manuscript must be shortened
  abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, cut,
• (v) be cooked until very little liquid is left
  • The sauce should reduce to one cup
  boil down, decoct, concentrate,
• (v) cook until very little liquid is left
  • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
  boil down, concentrate,
• (v) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  • cut bourbon
  dilute, thin, thin out, cut,
• (v) take off weight lose weight, melt off, slim, slim down, slenderize, thin,

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

blow up enlarge magnify oxidise oxidate oxidize elaborate expatiate expound lucubrate dilate exposit flesh out expand gain put on

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