reduce

Definitions of reduce in various dictionaries:

verb - cut down on

verb - make less complex

verb - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

verb - simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

verb - lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

verb - be the essential element

verb - reduce in size

verb - lessen and make more modest

verb - make smaller

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

verb - narrow or limit

verb - put down by force or intimidation

verb - undergo meiosis

verb - reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

verb - destress and thus weaken a sound when pro noun cing it

verb - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

verb - be cooked until very little liquid is left

verb - cook until very little liquid is left

verb - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

verb - take off weight

To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.

To gain control of; conquer: “a design to reduce them under absolute despotism” (Declaration of Independence).

To subject to destruction: Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.

To weaken bodily: was reduced almost to emaciation.

To sap the spirit or mental energy of.

To compel to desperate acts: The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.

To lower in rank or grade; demote.

To powder or pulverize.

To thin (paint) with a solvent.

To lower the price of: The store has drastically reduced winter coats.

To put in order or arrange systematically: reduce a complex tax situation.

To separate into orderly components by analysis.

Chemistry.

To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.

To remove oxygen from (a compound).

To add hydrogen to (a compound).

To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt.

To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value.

To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position.

To become diminished.

To lose weight, as by dieting.

To undergo meiosis.

verb - to make or become less