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Meaning of reduce

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reduce
      v 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat
           intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
           [syn: {reduce}, {cut down}, {cut back}, {trim}, {trim
           down}, {trim back}, {cut}, {bring down}]
      2: make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
      3: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced
         the population to slavery"
      4: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by
         substituting one term for another
      5: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified
         situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
      6: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a
         compromise" [syn: {reduce}, {come down}, {boil down}]
      7: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the
         sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: {shrink},
         {reduce}]
      8: lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of
         living"
      9: make smaller; "reduce an image" [syn: {reduce}, {scale down}]
         [ant: {blow up}, {enlarge}, {magnify}]
      10: 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 [syn: {deoxidize}, {deoxidise},
          {reduce}] [ant: {oxidate}, {oxidise}, {oxidize}]
      11: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn:
          {reduce}, {tighten}]
      12: 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" [syn: {repress},
          {quash}, {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}]
      13: undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
      14: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal
          site
      15: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
      16: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
          manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge},
          {foreshorten}, {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract},
          {reduce}] [ant: {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand},
          {expatiate}, {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out}, {lucubrate}]
      17: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce
          should reduce to one cup" [syn: {boil down}, {reduce},
          {decoct}, {concentrate}]
      18: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the
          sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: {reduce}, {boil
          down}, {concentrate}]
      19: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
          bourbon" [syn: {dilute}, {thin}, {thin out}, {reduce},
          {cut}]
      20: take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight},
          {slim}, {slenderize}, {thin}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain},
          {put on}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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