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reduce > 19 senses
VERB	1	reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down	Cut down on
	2	reduce	Make less complex
	3	reduce	Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
	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
	6	reduce, come down, boil down	Be the essential element
	7	reduce, shrink	Reduce in size
	8	reduce	Lessen and make more modest
	9	reduce, scale down	Make smaller
	10	reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise	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
	12	reduce, repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate	Put down by force or intimidation
	13	reduce	Undergo meiosis
	14	reduce	Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
	15	reduce, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
	16	reduce, boil down, decoct, concentrate	Be cooked until very little liquid is left
	17	reduce, boil down, concentrate	Cook until very little liquid is left
	18	reduce, dilute, thin, thin out, cut	Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
	19	reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down	Take off weight

reduce > pronunciation
Sounds	rahduw's; rihduw's; riyduw's
Rhymes	abstruse, abuse, Bruce, and 35 more rhymes in uws at the HyperDic website...

reduce > verb 1, change
Meaning	Cut down on. Make a reduction in.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"reduce your daily fat intake"
Synonyms	cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Narrower	shorten; quench; retrench; slash; thin out; thin; take away, detract; deflate; inflate; shave, knock off
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify
Similar to	cut
Nouns	reduction

reduce > verb 2, change
Meaning	Make less complex.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"reduce a problem to a single question"
Narrower	abbreviate
Broader	simplify
Nouns	reduction

reduce > verb 3, social
Meaning	Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Examples	"He reduced the population to slavery"
Broader	demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs

reduce > verb 4, possession
Meaning	Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Category	mathematics, math, maths
Broader	substitute, replace

reduce > verb 5, emotion
Meaning	Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something PP
Examples	"She reduced her niece to a servant"
Broader	take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down

reduce > verb 6, change
Meaning	Be the essential element.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Synonyms	come down, boil down
Broader	become, turn

reduce > verb 7, change
Meaning	Reduce in size. Reduce physically.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	shrink
Cause to	shrink, contract
Narrower	reduce, scale down; reef; miniaturize, miniaturise; depopulate, desolate; contract
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify
Nouns	reduction

reduce > verb 8, possession
Meaning	Lessen and make more modest.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"reduce one's standard of living"
Broader	impoverish

reduce > verb 9, change
Meaning	Make smaller.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"reduce an image"
Synonyms	scale down
Broader	shrink, reduce
Contrary	blow up, enlarge, magnify
Nouns	reduction

reduce > verb 10, change
Meaning	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.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	deoxidize, deoxidise
Category	chemistry, chemical science
Narrower	benficiate; pole
Broader	change
Contrary	oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
Nouns	reducing; reducer, reductant

reduce > verb 11, change
Meaning	Narrow or limit.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"reduce the influx of foreigners"
Synonyms	tighten
Broader	restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

reduce > verb 12, social
Meaning	Put down by force or intimidation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate
Broader	oppress, suppress, crush

reduce > verb 13, contact
Meaning	Undergo meiosis.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"The cells reduce"
Broader	separate, divide, part

reduce > verb 14, contact
Meaning	Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	reposition

reduce > verb 15, change
Meaning	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract
Narrower	bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify
Contrary	elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Similar to	edit, cut, edit out

reduce > verb 16, change
Meaning	Be cooked until very little liquid is left.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
Synonyms	boil down, decoct, concentrate
Category	cooking, cookery, preparation
Broader	decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

reduce > verb 17, change
Meaning	Cook until very little liquid is left.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
Synonyms	boil down, concentrate
Category	cooking, cookery, preparation
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify

reduce > verb 18, change
Meaning	Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	dilute, thin, thin out, cut
Narrower	water down
Broader	weaken

reduce > verb 19, body
Meaning	Take off weight.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
Narrower	sweat off
Broader	change state, turn
Contrary	gain, put on
Nouns	reducing

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