English to English verb
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cut down on; make a reduction in | | Example: reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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make less complex | | Example: reduce a problem to a single question
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bring to humbler or weaker state or condition | | Example: He reduced the population to slavery
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simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another | | source: wordnet30
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lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation | | Example: She reduced her niece to a servant
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be the essential element | | Example: The proposal boils down to a compromise
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reduce in size; reduce physically | | Example: Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image?
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lessen and make more modest | | Example: reduce one's standard of living
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make smaller | | Example: reduce an image
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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narrow or limit | | Example: reduce the influx of foreigners
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put down by force or intimidation | | Example: The government quashes any attempt of an uprising China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
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undergo meiosis | | Example: The cells reduce
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reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site | | source: wordnet30
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destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it | | source: wordnet30
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | | Example: The manuscript must be shortened
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be cooked until very little liquid is left | | Example: The sauce should reduce to one cup
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cook until very little liquid is left | | Example: The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
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lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | | Example: cut bourbon
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take off weight | | source: wordnet30
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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition. | | source: webster1913
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