reduce
/rɪˈdus/
कम हुनु, कम गर्नु
verb
1. cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
cut down on
make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
2. reduce
make less complex
"reduce a problem to a single question"
3. reduce
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
"He reduced the population to slavery"
4. reduce
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
5. reduce
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
"She reduced her niece to a servant"
6. come down, boil down
be the essential element
"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
7. shrink
reduce in size
reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"
"Can you shrink this image?"
8. reduce
lessen and make more modest
"reduce one's standard of living"
9. scale down
make smaller
"reduce an image"
10. deoxidize, deoxidise
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
11. tighten
narrow or limit
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
12. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate
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"
13. reduce
undergo meiosis
"The cells reduce"
14. reduce
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
15. reduce
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
16. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
17. boil down, decoct, concentrate
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
18. boil down, concentrate
cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
19. dilute, thin, thin out, cut
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
20. melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
take off weight
Synonyms
lessen diminish curtail attenuate impoverish narrow contract weaken impair subdue subjugate bring refer subject classify convert
Antonyms
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