"reduces" in the verb sense

1. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down

cut down on make a reduction in

"reduce your daily fat intake"

"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

2. reduce

make less complex

"reduce a problem to a single question"

3. reduce

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

"He reduced the population to slavery"

4. reduce

simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

5. reduce

lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

"She reduced her niece to a servant"

6. reduce, come down, boil down

be the essential element

"The proposal boils down to a compromise"

7. shrink, reduce

reduce in size reduce physically

"Hot water will shrink the sweater"

"Can you shrink this image?"

8. reduce

lessen and make more modest

"reduce one's standard of living"

9. reduce, scale down

make smaller

"reduce an image"

10. deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce

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

11. reduce, tighten

narrow or limit

"reduce the influx of foreigners"

12. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce

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"

13. reduce

undergo meiosis

"The cells reduce"

14. reduce

reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

15. reduce

destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

16. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

"The manuscript must be shortened"

17. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate

be cooked until very little liquid is left

"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

18. reduce, boil down, concentrate

cook until very little liquid is left

"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

19. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

"cut bourbon"

20. reduce, melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down

take off weight

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