Sounds | rahduw's; rihduw's; riyduw's | |
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Rhymes | abstruse ... Zeus: 40 rhymes with uws... |
Meaning | cut down on; make a reduction in. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "reduce your daily fat intake" | |
Synonyms | cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | |
Narrower | deflate | Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices |
downsize | Reduce in size or number | |
inflate | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value | |
quench | Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance | |
retrench | make a reduction, as in one's workforce | |
shave, knock off | cut the price of | |
shorten | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended | |
slash | cut drastically | |
spill | Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) | |
subtract | Take off or away | |
take away, detract | take away a part from | |
thin | make thin or thinner | |
thin out | make sparse | |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
Similar to | cut | Have a reducing effect |
Spanish | bajar, cortar, rebajar, recortar, reducir | |
Catalan | reduir, retallar, tallar-se, tallar | |
Adjectives | reductive | characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment |
Nouns | reduction | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
Meaning | make less complex. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "reduce a problem to a single question" | |
Narrower | abbreviate | shorten |
Broader | simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent |
Spanish | simplificar | |
Catalan | simplificar | |
Adjectives | reducible | capable of being reduced |
Nouns | reduction | the act of reducing complexity |
Meaning | Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Example | "He reduced the population to slavery" | |
Broader | demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs | Assign to a lower position |
Meaning | simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
Broader | substitute, replace, interchange, exchange | put in the place of another |
Spanish | reducir | |
Catalan | reduir | |
Adjectives | reducible | capable of being reduced |
Meaning | lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "She reduced her niece to a servant" | |
Broader | take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally |
Spanish | abatir, rebajar, reducir | |
Catalan | abaixar, rebaixar |
Meaning | Be the essential element. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonyms | come down, boil down | |
Broader | become, turn | Undergo a change or development |
Spanish | reducirse | |
Catalan | reduir-se | |
Adjectives | reducible | capable of being reduced |
Meaning | Reduce in size; reduce physically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | shrink | |
Cause to | shrink, contract | Become smaller or draw together |
Narrower | contract | make smaller |
depopulate, desolate | Reduce in population | |
downsize | Make in a smaller size | |
miniaturize, miniaturise | design or construct on a smaller scale | |
reduce, scale down | make smaller | |
reef | Reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef | |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
Spanish | contraer, encoger, mermar | |
Catalan | contraure, contreure, encongir | |
Nouns | reduction | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
Meaning | lessen and make more modest. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "reduce one's standard of living" | |
Broader | impoverish | make poor |
Spanish | reducir | |
Catalan | reduir |
Meaning | make smaller. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "reduce an image" | |
Synonym | scale down | |
Broader | shrink, reduce | Reduce in size |
Opposite | blow up, enlarge, magnify | make large |
Spanish | disminuir, reducir | |
Catalan | reduir | |
Adjectives | reducible | capable of being reduced |
Nouns | reduction | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
Meaning | To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase / increase / increase in the number of electrons. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | deoxidize, deoxidise | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Narrower | benficiate | subject to a reduction process |
pole | deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Opposite | oxidize, oxidise, oxidate | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
Spanish | desoxidar, desoxigenar | |
Catalan | desoxidar, desoxigenar | |
Nouns | reducer, reductant | a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized |
reducing | any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen) |
Meaning | Narrow or limit. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "reduce the influx of foreigners" | |
Synonym | tighten | |
Broader | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
Spanish | restringir | |
Catalan | restringir |
Meaning | Put down by force or intimidation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate | |
Broader | oppress, suppress, crush | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority |
Spanish | avasallar, sojuzgar, subyugar | |
Catalan | dominar, enjovar, reprimir, sotmetre, subjugar |
Meaning | Undergo meiosis. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The cells reduce" | |
Broader | separate, divide, part | come apart |
Spanish | reducir por meiosis |
Meaning | reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | reposition | place into another position |
Spanish | recomponer |
Meaning | destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
Narrower | obscure | Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa |
Broader | de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress | Reduce the emphasis |
Meaning | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract | |
Narrower | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
digest, condense, concentrate | make more concise | |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
Opposite | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
Similar to | edit, cut, edit out | cut and assemble the components of |
Spanish | abreviar, acortar, compendiar, condensar, contraer, encoger, reducir, resumir, simplificar | |
Catalan | abreujar, contraure, contreure, encongir, escurçar |
Meaning | Be cooked until very little liquid / liquid is left. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The sauce should reduce to one cup" | |
Synonyms | boil down, decoct, concentrate | |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
Spanish | reducir | |
Catalan | reduir |
Meaning | cook until very little liquid / liquid is left. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" | |
Synonyms | boil down, concentrate | |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
Catalan | deixar bullir fins que s'espesseeixi, reduir per ebullició |
Meaning | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | dilute, thin, thin out, cut | |
Narrower | water down | make less strong or intense |
Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
Spanish | aclarar, cortar, desleír, diluir, reducir | |
Catalan | diluir |
Meaning | Take off weight. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down | |
Narrower | sweat off | lose weight by sweating |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
Opposite | gain, put on | increase (one's body weight) |
Spanish | adelgazarse, adelgazar, bajar peso, enflaquecer, perder peso, rebajar, reducir | |
Catalan | aflaquir-se, amagrir-se, aprimar-se | |
Nouns | reducing | loss of excess weight (as by dieting) |
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