REDUCE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • take off weight
   Synonym(s)
   • lose weight (what does lose weight mean?)
   • melt off (what does melt off mean?)
   • slenderize (what does slenderize mean?)
   • slim (what does slim mean?)
   • slim down (what does slim down mean?)
   • thin (what does thin mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change state (what does change state mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • gain (what does gain mean?)
   • put on (what does put on mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • sweat off (what does sweat off mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • reducing (what does reducing mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
   Synonym(s)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • dilute (what does dilute mean?)
   • thin (what does thin mean?)
   • thin out (what does thin out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • cut bourbon
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • weaken (what does weaken mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • water down (what does water down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • cutting (what does cutting mean?)
   • thinning (what does thinning mean?)
   • dilutant (what does dilutant mean?)
   • diluent (what does diluent mean?)
   • thinner (what does thinner mean?)
   • cutting (what does cutting mean?)
   • thinning (what does thinning mean?)
   • dilution (what does dilution mean?)
   • dilution (what does dilution mean?)
   • dilutant (what does dilutant mean?)
   • diluent (what does diluent mean?)
   • thinner (what does thinner mean?)
3. Meaning
   • narrow or limit
   Synonym(s)
   • tighten (what does tighten mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • reduce the influx of foreigners
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restrict (what does restrict mean?)
   • restrain (what does restrain mean?)
   • trammel (what does trammel mean?)
   • limit (what does limit mean?)
   • bound (what does bound mean?)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   • throttle (what does throttle mean?)
4. Meaning
   • cook until very little liquid is left
   Synonym(s)
   • boil down (what does boil down mean?)
   • concentrate (what does concentrate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • minify (what does minify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • concentration (what does concentration mean?)
   • concentration (what does concentration mean?)
   • concentrate (what does concentrate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • be cooked until very little liquid is left
   Synonym(s)
   • boil down (what does boil down mean?)
   • concentrate (what does concentrate mean?)
   • decoct (what does decoct mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The sauce should reduce to one cup
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • diminish (what does diminish mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • fall (what does fall mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • concentration (what does concentration mean?)
   • concentration (what does concentration mean?)
   • concentrate (what does concentrate mean?)
6. Meaning
   • be the essential element
   Synonym(s)
   • boil down (what does boil down mean?)
   • come down (what does come down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The proposal boils down to a compromise
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • become (what does become mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
7. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • deoxidise (what does deoxidise mean?)
   • deoxidize (what does deoxidize mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • oxidize (what does oxidize mean?)
   • oxidise (what does oxidise mean?)
   • oxidate (what does oxidate mean?)
   • oxidize (what does oxidize mean?)
   • oxidise (what does oxidise mean?)
   • oxidate (what does oxidate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • benficiate (what does benficiate mean?)
   • pole (what does pole mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • reducing agent (what does reducing agent mean?)
   • reducer (what does reducer mean?)
   • reductant (what does reductant mean?)
   • reducing agent (what does reducing agent mean?)
   • reducer (what does reducer mean?)
   • reductant (what does reductant mean?)
   • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
   • reducing (what does reducing mean?)
8. Meaning
   • make smaller
   Synonym(s)
   • scale down (what does scale down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • reduce an image
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shrink (what does shrink mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • blow up (what does blow up mean?)
   • enlarge (what does enlarge mean?)
   • magnify (what does magnify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • diminution (what does diminution mean?)
   • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
   • step-down (what does step-down mean?)
9. Meaning
   • reduce in size
   • reduce physically
   Synonym(s)
   • shrink (what does shrink mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Hot water will shrink the sweater
   • Can you shrink this image?
   Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • minify (what does minify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   • scale down (what does scale down mean?)
   • reef (what does reef mean?)
   • miniaturize (what does miniaturize mean?)
   • miniaturise (what does miniaturise mean?)
   • depopulate (what does depopulate mean?)
   • desolate (what does desolate mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • shrink (what does shrink mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • diminution (what does diminution mean?)
   • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
   • step-down (what does step-down mean?)
   • shrinking (what does shrinking mean?)
   • shrinkage (what does shrinkage mean?)
   • shrinking (what does shrinking mean?)
   • shrinkage (what does shrinkage mean?)
10. Meaning
    • make less complex
    Usage Example(s)
    • reduce a problem to a single question
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • simplify (what does simplify mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
    • simplification (what does simplification mean?)
11. Meaning
    • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    Synonym(s)
    • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
    • abridge (what does abridge mean?)
    • contract (what does contract mean?)
    • cut (what does cut mean?)
    • foreshorten (what does foreshorten mean?)
    • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • The manuscript must be shortened
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
    • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
    • minify (what does minify mean?)
    Antonym(s)
    • elaborate (what does elaborate mean?)
    • lucubrate (what does lucubrate mean?)
    • expatiate (what does expatiate mean?)
    • exposit (what does exposit mean?)
    • enlarge (what does enlarge mean?)
    • flesh out (what does flesh out mean?)
    • expand (what does expand mean?)
    • expound (what does expound mean?)
    • dilate (what does dilate mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • bowdlerize (what does bowdlerize mean?)
    • bowdlerise (what does bowdlerise mean?)
    • expurgate (what does expurgate mean?)
    • castrate (what does castrate mean?)
    • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
    • digest (what does digest mean?)
    • condense (what does condense mean?)
    • concentrate (what does concentrate mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • contraction (what does contraction mean?)
    • shortener (what does shortener mean?)
    • abridger (what does abridger mean?)
    • abbreviator (what does abbreviator mean?)
    • condensation (what does condensation mean?)
    • abridgement (what does abridgement mean?)
    • abridgment (what does abridgment mean?)
    • capsule (what does capsule mean?)
    • abridger (what does abridger mean?)
    • abbreviator (what does abbreviator mean?)
12. Meaning
    • cut down on
    • make a reduction in
    Synonym(s)
    • bring down (what does bring down mean?)
    • cut (what does cut mean?)
    • cut back (what does cut back mean?)
    • cut down (what does cut down mean?)
    • trim (what does trim mean?)
    • trim back (what does trim back mean?)
    • trim down (what does trim down mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • reduce your daily fat intake
    • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
    • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
    • minify (what does minify mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
    • quench (what does quench mean?)
    • retrench (what does retrench mean?)
    • slash (what does slash mean?)
    • thin out (what does thin out mean?)
    • thin (what does thin mean?)
    • take away (what does take away mean?)
    • detract (what does detract mean?)
    • deflate (what does deflate mean?)
    • inflate (what does inflate mean?)
    • shave (what does shave mean?)
    • knock off (what does knock off mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • trim (what does trim mean?)
    • trimming (what does trimming mean?)
    • clipping (what does clipping mean?)
    • cutback (what does cutback mean?)
    • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
    • diminution (what does diminution mean?)
    • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
    • step-down (what does step-down mean?)
13. Meaning
    • reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • reposition (what does reposition mean?)
14. Meaning
    • undergo meiosis
    Usage Example(s)
    • The cells reduce
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • separate (what does separate mean?)
    • divide (what does divide mean?)
    • part (what does part mean?)
15. Meaning
    • lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
    Usage Example(s)
    • She reduced her niece to a servant
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • take down (what does take down mean?)
    • degrade (what does degrade mean?)
    • disgrace (what does disgrace mean?)
    • demean (what does demean mean?)
    • put down (what does put down mean?)
16. Meaning
    • simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • substitute (what does substitute mean?)
    • replace (what does replace mean?)
17. Meaning
    • lessen and make more modest
    Usage Example(s)
    • reduce one’’s standard of living
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • impoverish (what does impoverish mean?)
18. Meaning
    • bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    Usage Example(s)
    • He reduced the population to slavery
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • demote (what does demote mean?)
    • bump (what does bump mean?)
    • relegate (what does relegate mean?)
    • break (what does break mean?)
    • kick downstairs (what does kick downstairs mean?)
19. Meaning
    • put down by force or intimidation
    Synonym(s)
    • keep down (what does keep down mean?)
    • quash (what does quash mean?)
    • repress (what does repress mean?)
    • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
    • subjugate (what does subjugate mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
    Hypernyms(s) reduce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • oppress (what does oppress mean?)
    • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
    • crush (what does crush mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • subduer (what does subduer mean?)
    • surmounter (what does surmounter mean?)
    • overcomer (what does overcomer mean?)
    • repression (what does repression mean?)
    • repression (what does repression mean?)