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Definitions of reduce
  1. verb
    cut down on; make a reduction in
    "reduce your daily fat intake"
  2. verb
    take off weight
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  3. verb
    be cooked until very little liquid is left
    "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  4. verb
    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

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  5. verb
    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  6. verb
    be the essential element

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  7. verb
    put down by force or intimidation
  8. verb
    make smaller
    "reduce an image"

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  9. verb
    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

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  10. verb
    narrow or limit
    "reduce the influx of foreigners"

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  11. verb
    cook until very little liquid is left
    "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

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  12. verb
    reduce in size; reduce physically

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  13. verb
    bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    "He reduced the population to slavery"
  14. verb
    destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
  15. verb
    lessen and make more modest
    "reduce one's standard of living"
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  16. verb
    lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
    "She reduced her niece to a servant"
  17. verb
    make less complex
    "reduce a problem to a single question"
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    reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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  19. verb
    simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
  20. verb
    undergo meiosis
    "The cells reduce"
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