reduce
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- v cut down on; make a reduction in
reduce your daily fat intake - 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
- v reduce in size; reduce physically
- v lessen and make more modest
reduce one's standard of living - v make smaller
reduce an image - 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
- v narrow or limit
reduce the influx of foreigners - v put down by force or intimidation
- 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
- v be cooked until very little liquid is left
The sauce should reduce to one cup - v cook until very little liquid is left
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time - v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- v take off weight
- First, they essentially paralyzed the patient with drugs to reduce the demand for oxygen by his muscles, brain, lungs and other organs.
- Reduce your saturated fat and salt.
- Everyone agrees that it's necessary to reduce carbon emissions around the world.