reduce
verb
1 reduce
Cut down on; make a reduction in:
— Reduce your daily fat intake.
synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down.
Roget 308:
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg;
cast;
let drop,
let fall;
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset†;
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell;
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down;
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground†;
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
sit,
sit down;
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop,
bend,
bow;
courtesy,
curtsy;
bob,
duck,
dip,
kneel;
bend the knee,
bow the knee,
bend the head,
bow the head;
cower;
recline
etc.
(be horizontal)
213.
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Dutch: vermindering, korting, besnoeien, minderen, reduceren, terugbrengen, verkleinen, verminderen
2 reduce
3 reduce
Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.
Dutch: verlagen
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.
Dutch: verminderen
6 reduce
7 reduce
Reduce in size; reduce physically.
synonym: shrink.
Roget 804:
be poor
etc.
adj.;
want,
lack,
starve,
live from hand to mouth,
have seen better days,
go down in the world,
come upon the parish;
go to the dogs,
go to wrack and ruin;
not have a penny
etc.
(money)
800,
not have a shot in one's locker;
beg one's bread;
tirer le diable par la queue [Fr.];
run into debt
etc.
(debt)
806.
render poor
etc.
adj.;
impoverish;
reduce,
reduce to poverty;
pauperize,
fleece,
ruin,
bring to the parish.
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Roget 813:
discount,
bate;
abate,
rebate;
reduce,
price down,
mark down take off,
allow,
give,
make allowance;
tax.
8 reduce
Lessen and make more modest.
9 reduce
Make smaller:
— Reduce an image.
synonym: scale down.
10 reduce
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.
synonyms: deoxidise, deoxidize.
11 reduce
Narrow or limit:
— Reduce the influx of foreigners.
synonym: tighten.
12 reduce
Put down by force or intimidation.
synonyms: keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate.
Roget 731:
succeed;
be successful
etc.
adj.;
gain one's end,
gain one's ends;
crown with success.
gain a point,
attain a point,
carry a point,
secure a point,
win a point,
win an object;
get there [U.S.];
manage to,
contrive to;
accomplish
etc.
(effect)
(complete)
729;
do wonders,
work wonders;
make a go of it.
come off well,
come off successful,
come off with flying colors;
make short work of;
take by storm,
carry by storm;
bear away the bell;
win one's wings,
win one's spurs,
win the battle;
win the day,
carry the day,
gain the day,
gain the prize,
gain the palm;
have the best of it,
have it all one's own way,
have the game in one's owns hands,
have the ball at one's feet,
have one on the hop;
walk over the course;
carry all before one,
remain in possession of the field;
score a success.
speed;
make progress
etc.
(advance)
282;
win one's way,
make one's way,
work one's way,
find one's way;
strive to some purpose;
prosper
etc.
734;
drive a roaring trade;
make profit
etc.
(acquire)
775;
reap the fruits,
gather the fruits,
reap the benefit of,
reap the harvest;
strike oil [U.S.],
gain a windfall;
make one's fortune,
get in the harvest,
turn to good account;
turn to account
etc.
(use)
677.
triumph,
be triumphant;
gain a victory,
obtain a victory,
gain an advantage;
chain victory to one's car;
nail a coonskin to the wall.
surmount a difficulty,
overcome a difficulty,
get over a difficulty,
get over an obstacle
etc.
706;
se tirer d'affaire [Fr.];
make head against;
stem the torrent,
stem the tide,
stem the current;
weather the storm,
weather a point;
turn a corner,
keep one's head above water,
tide over;
master;
get the better of,
have the better of,
gain the better of,
gain the best of,
gain the upper hand,
gain the ascendancy,
gain the whip hand,
gain the start of;
distance;
surpass
etc.
(superiority)
33.
defeat,
conquer,
vanquish,
discomfit;
euchre;
overcome,
overthrow,
overpower,
overmaster,
overmatch,
overset†,
override,
overreach;
outwit,
outdo,
outflank,
outmaneuver,
outgeneral,
outvote;
take the wind out of one's adversary's sails;
beat,
beat hollow;
rout,
lick,
drub,
floor,
worst;
put down,
put to flight,
put to the rout,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
put out of court.
silence,
quell,
nonsuit†,
checkmate,
upset,
confound,
nonplus,
stalemate,
trump;
baffle
etc.
(hinder)
706;
circumvent,
elude;
trip up,
trip up the heels of;
drive into a corner,
drive to the wall;
run hard,
put one's nose out of joint.
settle,
do for;
break the neck of,
break the back of;
capsize,
sink,
shipwreck,
drown,
swamp;
subdue;
subjugate
etc.
(subject)
749;
reduce;
make the enemy bite the dust;
victimize,
roll in the dust,
trample under foot,
put an extinguisher upon.
answer,
answer the purpose;
avail,
prevail,
take effect,
do,
turn out well,
work well,
take,
tell,
bear fruit;
hit it,
hit the mark,
hit the right nail on the head;
nick it;
turn up trumps,
make a hit;
find one's account in.
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13 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 reduce
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten.
Roget 36:
decrease,
diminish,
lessen;
abridge
etc.
(shorten)
201;
shrink
etc.
(contract)
195;
drop off,
fall off,
tail off;
fall away,
waste,
wear;
wane,
ebb,
decline;
descend
etc.
306;
subside;
melt away,
die away;
retire into the shade,
hide its diminished head,
fall to a low ebb,
run low,
languish,
decay,
crumble.
bate,
abate,
dequantitate†;
discount;
depreciate;
extenuate,
lower,
weaken,
attenuate,
fritter away;
mitigate
etc.
(moderate)
174;
dwarf,
throw into the shade;
reduce
etc.
195;
shorten
etc.
201;
subtract
etc.
38.
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Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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Roget 201:
be short
etc.
adj.;
render short
etc.
adj.;
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate,
take in,
reduce;
compress
etc.
(contract)
195;
epitomize
etc.
596.
retrench,
cut short,
obtruncate†;
scrimp,
cut,
chop up,
hack,
hew;
cut down,
pare down;
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap,
crop;
snub;
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip,
check the growth of;
foreshorten
(in drawing).
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Dutch: verkorten, versimpelen, bekorten, samentrekken
17 reduce
Be cooked until very little liquid is left:
— The sauce should reduce to one cup.
synonyms: boil down, concentrate, decoct.
Dutch: uitkoken
18 reduce
Cook until very little liquid is left:
— The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time.
synonyms: boil down, concentrate.
Dutch: indikken
19 reduce
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
synonyms: cut, dilute, thin, thin out.
Roget 160:
be weak
etc.
adj.;
drop,
crumble,
give way,
totter,
tremble,
shake,
halt,
limp,
fade,
languish,
decline,
flag,
fail,
have one leg in the grave.
render weak
etc.
adj.;
weaken,
enfeeble,
debilitate,
shake,
deprive of strength,
relax,
enervate,
eviscerate;
unbrace,
unnerve;
cripple,
unman
etc.
(render powerless)
158;
cramp,
reduce,
sprain,
strain,
blunt the edge of;
dilute,
impoverish;
decimate;
extenuate;
reduce in strength,
reduce the strength of;
mettre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].
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Roget 103:
be few
etc.
adj..
render few
etc.
adj.;
reduce,
diminish the number,
weed,
eliminate,
cull,
thin,
decimate.
20 reduce
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