reduce - 21 definitions |
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| 1. | reduce -- cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| synonyms: cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down |
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| 2. | reduce -- make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question" |
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| 3. | reduce -- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" |
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| 4. | reduce -- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another |
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| 5. | reduce -- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant" |
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| 6. | reduce -- be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" |
| synonyms: come down, boil down |
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| 7. | shrink -- reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| synonyms: shrink |
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| 8. | reduce -- lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" |
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| 9. | reduce -- make smaller; "reduce an image" |
| synonyms: scale down |
| antonyms: blow up -- make large; "blow up an image" |
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| 10. | deoxidize -- 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 |
| synonyms: deoxidize, deoxidise |
| antonyms: oxidize -- add oxygen to or combine with oxygen , oxidize -- add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
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| 11. | reduce -- narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
| synonyms: tighten |
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| 12. | repress -- 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" |
| synonyms: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate |
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| 13. | reduce -- undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" |
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| 14. | reduce -- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site |
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| 15. | reduce -- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it |
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| 16. | abridge -- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract |
| antonyms: elaborate -- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" |
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| 17. | boil down -- be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| synonyms: boil down, decoct, concentrate |
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| 18. | reduce -- cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
| synonyms: boil down, concentrate |
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| 19. | dilute -- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" |
| synonyms: dilute, thin, thin out, cut |
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| 20. | reduce -- take off weight |
| synonyms: melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down |
| antonyms: gain -- increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" |
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| 21. | reduce, reduced -- to diminish |
| synonyms: reduced, reduces, reducing |
| Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language |
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