reduce (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 20 senses of the word *reduce*:
VERB	change	reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down	cut down on
change	reduce	make less complex
social	reduce	bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
possession	reduce	simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
emotion	reduce	lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
change	reduce, come down, boil down	be the essential element
change	reduce, shrink	reduce in size
possession	reduce	lessen and make more modest
change	reduce, scale down	make smaller
change	reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise	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
change	reduce, tighten	narrow or limit
social	reduce, repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate	put down by force or intimidation
contact	reduce	undergo meiosis
contact	reduce	reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
change	reduce	destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
change	reduce, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract	reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
change	reduce, boil down, decoct, concentrate	be cooked until very little liquid / liquid is left
change	reduce, boil down, concentrate	cook until very little liquid / liquid is left
change	reduce, dilute, thin, thin out, cut	lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
body	reduce, melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down	take off weight

reduce > pronunciation
Sounds	rahduw's; rihduw's; riyduw's
Rhymes	abstruse ... Zeus: 40 rhymes with uws...

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	cut down on; make a reduction in.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	make less complex.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 3, social
Meaning	Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 4, possession
Meaning	simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 5, emotion
Meaning	lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 6, change
Meaning	Be the essential element.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 7, change
Meaning	Reduce in size; reduce physically.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 8, possession
Meaning	lessen and make more modest.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Example	"reduce one's standard of living"
Broader	impoverish	make poor
Spanish	reducir
Catalan	reduir

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 9, change
Meaning	make smaller.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 10, change
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.
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
Narrower	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
Nouns	reducing	any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen)

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 11, change
Meaning	Narrow or limit.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 12, social
Meaning	Put down by force or intimidation.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 13, contact
Meaning	Undergo meiosis.
Pattern	Something ----s
Example	"The cells reduce"
Broader	separate, divide, part	come apart
Spanish	reducir por meiosis

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 14, contact
Meaning	reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	reposition	place into another position
Spanish	recomponer

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 15, change
Meaning	destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 16, change
Meaning	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
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
Narrower	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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 17, change
Meaning	Be cooked until very little liquid / liquid is left.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 18, change
Meaning	cook until very little liquid / liquid is left.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 19, change
Meaning	lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
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

English > *reduce*: 20 senses > verb 20, body
Meaning	Take off weight.
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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