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Verb
S:
(v)
retrench
(tighten one's belt; use resources carefully)
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S:
(v)
retrench
(make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
"The company had to retrench"
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S:
(v)
reduce
,
cut down
,
cut back
,
trim
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trim down
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trim back
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cut
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bring down
(cut down on; make a reduction in)
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
S:
(v)
shorten
(make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
S:
(v)
spill
(reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))
S:
(v)
quench
(reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
S:
(v)
retrench
(make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
"The company had to retrench"
S:
(v)
slash
(cut drastically)
"Prices were slashed"
S:
(v)
thin out
(make sparse)
"thin out the young plants"
S:
(v)
thin
(make thin or thinner)
"Thin the solution"
S:
(v)
take away
,
detract
(take away a part from; diminish)
"His bad manners detract from his good character"
S:
(v)
deflate
(reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
"deflate the currency"
S:
(v)
inflate
(increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
"inflate the currency"
S:
(v)
downsize
((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)
"the company downsized its research staff"
S:
(v)
subtract
(take off or away)
"this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
S:
(v)
shave
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knock off
(cut the price of)
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