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Definition: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Definition: make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
Definition: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
Definition: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
Definition: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
Definition: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
Definition: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
Definition: lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
Definition: 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
Definition: 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"
Definition: undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
Definition: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Definition: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
Definition: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Definition: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
Definition: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
Definition: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
Definition: To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.