reduce
1. cut down on;
make a reduction in (Freq. 102)
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
• Syn:
cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back,
cut, bring down
• Derivationally related forms:
trim (for: trim), cutback (for: cut back), reductive, reduction
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
shorten, spill, quench, retrench, slash,
thin out, thin, take away, detract, deflate, inflate,
downsize, subtract, shave, knock off
• Verb Group:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make less complex (Freq. 9)
- reduce a problem to a single question
• Derivationally related forms:
reducible, reduction
• Hypernyms:
simplify
• Hyponyms:
abbreviate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition (Freq. 5)
- He reduced the population to slavery
• Hypernyms:
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
reducible
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation (Freq. 3)
- She reduced her niece to a servant
• Hypernyms:
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. be the essential element (Freq. 3)
- The proposal boils down to a compromise
• Syn:
come down, boil down
• Derivationally related forms:
reducible
• Hypernyms:
become, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
7. reduce in size;
reduce physically (Freq. 2)
- Hot water will shrink the sweater
- Can you shrink this image?
• Syn:
shrink
• Derivationally related forms:
reduction, shrinkage (for: shrink), shrinking (for: shrink)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
scale down, reef, miniaturize, miniaturise, depopulate,
desolate, downsize, contract
• Cause:
shrink, contract
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. lessen and make more modest (Freq. 1)
- reduce one's standard of living
• Hypernyms:
impoverish
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
9. make smaller (Freq. 1)
- reduce an image
• Syn:
scale down
• Ant:
blow up
• Derivationally related forms:
reducible, reduction
• Hypernyms:
shrink
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
10. 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 (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
deoxidize, deoxidise
• Ant:
oxidize (for: deoxidize), oxidise (for: deoxidise)
• Derivationally related forms:
reducer, reductant, reducing
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
benficiate, pole
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
11. narrow or limit (Freq. 1)
- reduce the influx of foreigners
• Syn:
tighten
• Hypernyms:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound,
confine, throttle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
12. 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
• Syn:
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate
• Derivationally related forms:
subduer (for: subdue), repressive (for: repress), repression (for: repress)
• Hypernyms:
oppress, suppress, crush
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
13. undergo meiosis
- The cells reduce
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
• Hypernyms:
reposition
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
15. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
• Hyponyms:
obscure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
16. be cooked until very little liquid is left
- The sauce should reduce to one cup
• Syn:
boil down, decoct, concentrate
• Derivationally related forms:
concentration (for: concentrate), concentrate (for: concentrate)
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
17. cook until very little liquid is left
- The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
• Syn:
boil down, concentrate
• Derivationally related forms:
concentration (for: concentrate), concentrate (for: concentrate)
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- cut bourbon
• Syn:
dilute, thin, thin out, cut
• Derivationally related forms:
cutting (for: cut), thinner (for: thin), thinning (for: thin), dilution (for: dilute), dilutant (for: dilute)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Hyponyms:
water down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
19. take off weight
• Syn:
melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
• Ant:
gain
• Derivationally related forms:
reducing
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
sweat off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: melt off)
20. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
• Syn:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract
• Ant:
expand (for: contract)
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction (for: contract), shortener (for: shorten), abbreviator (for: abbreviate), abridgement (for: abridge), abridger (for: abridge)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten,
digest, condense, concentrate
• Verb Group:
edit, cut, edit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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