Verb

• S: (v) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
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• S: (v) shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration) "He shortened his trip due to illness"
• S: (v) foreshorten (shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth)
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• S: (v) clip, curtail, cut short (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent) "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
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• S: (v) syncopate (omit a sound or letter in a word) "syncopate a word"
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• S: (v) truncate, cut short (make shorter as if by cutting off) "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
• 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) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of) "dress the plants in the garden"
• S: (v) shear (cut with shears) "shear hedges"
• S: (v) poll, pollard (convert into a pollard) "pollard trees"
• S: (v) top, pinch (cut the top off) "top trees and bushes"
• S: (v) tail (remove the stalk of fruits or berries)
• S: (v) disbud (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)
• S: (v) thin (make thin or thinner) "Thin the solution"
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• S: (v) draw (reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die) "draw wire"
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• S: (v) thin (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)
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• 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"
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• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) subtract (take off or away) "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
• S: (v) shave, knock off (cut the price of)
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• S: (v) mark down (reduce the price of)
• S: (v) discount (give a reduction in price on) "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
• S: (v) allow (grant as a discount or in exchange) "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
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• S: (v) rebate (give a reduction in the price during a sale) "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"
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• S: (v) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
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• S: (v) decrease, lessen, minify (make smaller) "He decreased his staff"
• S: (v) suppress (lessen to the point of stopping) "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
• S: (v) mitigate (make less severe or harsh) "mitigating circumstances"
• S: (v) pare, pare down (decrease gradually or bit by bit)
• S: (v) limit, circumscribe, confine to (restrict or confine within limits) "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born"
• S: (v) reduce, boil down, concentrate (cook until very little liquid is left) "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
• S: (v) shrink, reduce (reduce in size; reduce physically) "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
• S: (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
• S: (v) slake, abate, slack (make less active or intense)
• S: (v) turn down, lower, lour (make lower or quieter) "turn down the volume of a radio"
• S: (v) de-escalate, weaken, step down (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of) "de-escalate a crisis"
• S: (v) minimize, minimise (make small or insignificant) "Let's minimize the risk"
• S: (v) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
• S: (v) cut (have a reducing effect) "This cuts into my earnings"
• S: (v) slack, slacken, slack up, relax (make less active or fast) "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
• S: (v) diminish, belittle (lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of) "don't belittle your colleagues"
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