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"reduce your daily fat intake"verbcut down on; make a reduction in
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verbtake off weight
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"The sauce should reduce to one cup"verbbe cooked until very little liquid is left
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verblessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixturetype of:
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verbreduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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verbbe the essential element
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verbput down by force or intimidation
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"reduce an image"verbmake smaller
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verbto remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electronstype of:
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"reduce the influx of foreigners"verbnarrow or limit
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"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"verbcook until very little liquid is left
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verbreduce in size; reduce physically
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"He reduced the population to slavery"verbbring to humbler or weaker state or conditiontype of:
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verbdestress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing ittype of:
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"reduce one's standard of living"verblessen and make more modesttype of:
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"She reduced her niece to a servant"verblower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
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"reduce a problem to a single question"verbmake less complextype of:
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verbreposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal sitetype of:
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verbsimplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for anothertype of:
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"The cells reduce"verbundergo meiosis
Synonyms & Similar Words
turn change part cut become break fall contract separate exchange thin concentrate bound crush limit replace pole shave bump shrink disgrace slim divide spill substitute reef trim slash tighten obscure digest reduction suppress throttle decrease reducing weaken desolate shorten quench diminish castrate subtract inflate subdue confine simplify repress restrict lessen degrade oppress deflate interchange condense reposition dilute demean quash downsize depopulate subjugate miniaturise relegate detract reductive reducible reducer demote retrench abbreviate impoverish abridge trammel miniaturize bring down cut back cut down trim back trim down minify knock off take away thin out melt off slenderize slim down change state sweat off boil down decoct water down foreshorten bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate come down keep down scale down deoxidise deoxidize benficiate reductant kick downstairs de-emphasize de-emphasise destress put down take down