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S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:00::), cut down (cut_down%2:30:00::), cut back (cut_back%2:30:01::), trim (trim%2:30:00::), trim down (trim_down%2:30:00::), trim back (trim_back%2:30:00::), cut (cut%2:30:06::), bring down (bring_down%2:30:00::) (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:06::) (make less complex) "reduce a problem to a single question"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:41:00::) (bring to humbler or weaker state or condition) "He reduced the population to slavery"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:40:04::) (simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another)
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:37:00::) (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation) "She reduced her niece to a servant"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:11::), come down (come_down%2:30:00::), boil down (boil_down%2:30:03::) (be the essential element) "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
S: (v) shrink (shrink%2:30:01::), reduce (reduce%2:30:05::) (reduce in size; reduce physically) "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:40:00::) (lessen and make more modest) "reduce one's standard of living"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:04::), scale down (scale_down%2:30:01::) (make smaller) "reduce an image"
S: (v) deoxidize (deoxidize%2:30:00::), deoxidise (deoxidise%2:30:00::), reduce (reduce%2:30:03::) (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)
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:01::), tighten (tighten%2:30:03::) (narrow or limit) "reduce the influx of foreigners"
S: (v) repress (repress%2:41:00::), quash (quash%2:41:00::), keep down (keep_down%2:41:00::), subdue (subdue%2:41:00::), subjugate (subjugate%2:41:01::), reduce (reduce%2:41:03::) (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"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:35:00::) (undergo meiosis) "The cells reduce"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:35:01::) (reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site)
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:12::) (destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it)
S: (v) abridge (abridge%2:30:00::), foreshorten (foreshorten%2:30:00::), abbreviate (abbreviate%2:30:01::), shorten (shorten%2:30:02::), cut (cut%2:30:08::), contract (contract%2:30:05::), reduce (reduce%2:30:08::) (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
S: (v) boil down (boil_down%2:30:01::), reduce (reduce%2:30:10::), decoct (decoct%2:30:02::), concentrate (concentrate%2:30:03::) (be cooked until very little liquid is left) "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:30:02::), boil down (boil_down%2:30:00::), concentrate (concentrate%2:30:00::) (cook until very little liquid is left) "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
S: (v) dilute (dilute%2:30:00::), thin (thin%2:30:02::), thin out (thin_out%2:30:02::), reduce (reduce%2:30:09::), cut (cut%2:30:05::) (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture) "cut bourbon"
S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:29:00::), melt off (melt_off%2:29:00::), slim (slim%2:29:00::), slenderize (slenderize%2:29:00::), thin (thin%2:29:00::), slim down (slim_down%2:29:00::) (take off weight)