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verb (v)

• cut down on; make a reduction in(verb.change)

  Example:
  Reduce your daily fat intake.
  

  Synonym:
  bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down
  

  source: wordnet30
• make less complex(verb.change)

  Example:
  Reduce a problem to a single question.
  

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• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition(verb.social)

  Example:
  He reduced the population to slavery.
  

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• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another(verb.possession)

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• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation(verb.emotion)

  Example:
  She reduced her niece to a servant.
  

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• be the essential element(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  boil down, come down
  

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• reduce in size; reduce physically(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  shrink
  

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• lessen and make more modest(verb.possession)

  Example:
  Reduce one's standard of living.
  

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• make smaller(verb.change)

  Example:
  Reduce an image.
  

  Synonym:
  contract, decrease, lessen, minify, scale down
  Antonym:
  blow up, enlarge, magnify
  

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• 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.change)

  Synonym:
  deoxidise, deoxidize
  Antonym:
  oxidate, oxidise, oxidize
  

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• narrow or limit(verb.change)

  Example:
  Reduce the influx of foreigners.
  

  Synonym:
  tighten
  

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• put down by force or intimidation(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate
  

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• undergo meiosis(verb.contact)

  Example:
  The cells reduce.
  

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• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site(verb.contact)

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• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it(verb.change)

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• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten
  Antonym:
  dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  

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• be cooked until very little liquid is left(verb.change)

  Example:
  The sauce should reduce to one cup.
  

  Synonym:
  boil down, concentrate, decoct
  

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• cook until very little liquid is left(verb.change)

  Example:
  The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time.
  

  Synonym:
  boil down, concentrate
  

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• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  cut, dilute, thin, thin out
  

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• take off weight(verb.body)

  Synonym:
  lose weight, melt off, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin
  Antonym:
  gain, put on
  

  source: wordnet30
• To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.(verb)

  source: webster1913