eng: reduce

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Meaning
means	(verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" trim, cut down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim back, trim down, bring down
means	(verb) make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question" reduce
means	(verb) bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" reduce
means	(verb) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another reduce
means	(verb) lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant" reduce
means	(verb) be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" come down, boil down, reduce
means	(verb) reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" reduce, shrink
means	(verb) lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" reduce
means	(verb) make smaller; "reduce an image" reduce, scale down
means	(verb) 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 deoxidise, reduce, deoxidize
means	(verb) narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" tighten, reduce
means	(verb) 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" keep down, reduce, subjugate, quash, subdue, repress
means	(verb) undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" reduce
means	(verb) reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site reduce
means	(verb) destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it reduce
means	(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" shorten, reduce, abbreviate, contract, abridge, cut, foreshorten
means	(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" decoct, reduce, concentrate, boil down
means	(verb) cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" reduce, boil down, concentrate
means	(verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" thin out, thin, dilute, cut, reduce
means	(verb) take off weight slim, melt off, slenderize, lose weight, thin, slim down, reduce
means	e/Reduce (computer algebra system)

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