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reduce
Overview of verb reduce
The verb reduce has 19 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (103) reduce, 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. (11) reduce -- (make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question")
3. (5) reduce -- (bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery")
4. (3) reduce -- (simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another)
5. (3) reduce -- (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant")
6. (3) reduce, come down, boil down -- (be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise")
7. (2) shrink, reduce -- (reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?")
8. (1) reduce -- (lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living")
9. (1) reduce, scale down -- (make smaller; "reduce an image")
10. (1) deoxidize, deoxidise, 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)
11. (1) reduce, tighten -- (narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners")
12. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce -- (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. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")
16. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate -- (be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup")
17. reduce, boil down, concentrate -- (cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time")
18. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut -- (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon")
19. reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down -- (take off weight)
Grep of noun reduce
reduced instruction set computer
reduced instruction set computing
reducer
Antonyms of verb reduce
2 of 19 senses of reduce
Sense 9
reduce, scale down
Antonym of blow up (Sense 2)
=>blow up, enlarge, magnify
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
Antonym of gain (Sense 9)
=>gain, put on
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reduce
19 senses of reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
reduce
=> simplify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
reduce
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 4
reduce
=> substitute, replace
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> transfer
Sense 5
reduce
=> take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 6
reduce, come down, boil down
=> become, turn
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> change
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 8
reduce
=> impoverish
=> deprive
=> withhold, keep back
=> deny, refuse
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 9
reduce, scale down
=> shrink, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> change
Sense 11
reduce, tighten
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 12
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 13
reduce
=> separate, divide, part
=> change
Sense 14
reduce
=> reposition
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 15
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 16
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 17
reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 18
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> weaken
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> change state, turn
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb reduce
7 of 19 senses of reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> shorten
=> quench
=> retrench
=> slash
=> thin out
=> thin
=> take away, detract
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> shave, knock off
Sense 2
reduce
=> abbreviate
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
=> reduce, scale down
=> reef
=> miniaturize, miniaturise
=> depopulate, desolate
=> contract
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> benficiate
=> pole
Sense 15
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
=> digest, condense, concentrate
Sense 18
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> water down
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> sweat off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reduce
19 senses of reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 2
reduce
=> simplify
Sense 3
reduce
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
Sense 4
reduce
=> substitute, replace
Sense 5
reduce
=> take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
Sense 6
reduce, come down, boil down
=> become, turn
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 8
reduce
=> impoverish
Sense 9
reduce, scale down
=> shrink, reduce
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> change
Sense 11
reduce, tighten
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sense 12
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 13
reduce
=> separate, divide, part
Sense 14
reduce
=> reposition
Sense 15
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 16
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 17
reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 18
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> weaken
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> change state, turn
'Cause To' of verb reduce
1 of 19 senses of reduce
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
=> shrink, contract
Derived Forms of verb reduce
8 of 19 senses of reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
RELATED TO>(noun) reduction#1
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Sense 2
reduce
RELATED TO>(adj) reducible#1
=> reducible
RELATED TO>(noun) reduction#3
=> reduction, simplification
Sense 4
reduce
RELATED TO>(adj) reducible#1
=> reducible
Sense 6
reduce, come down, boil down
RELATED TO>(adj) reducible#1
=> reducible
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
RELATED TO>(noun) reduction#1
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Sense 9
reduce, scale down
RELATED TO>(adj) reducible#1
=> reducible
RELATED TO>(noun) reduction#1
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
RELATED TO>(noun) reducer#1
=> reducing agent, reducer, reductant
RELATED TO>(noun) reductant#1
=> reducing agent, reducer, reductant
RELATED TO>(noun) reducing#1
=> reduction, reducing
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
RELATED TO>(noun) reducing#2
=> reducing
Domain of verb reduce
4 of 19 senses of reduce
Sense 4
reduce
TOPIC>(noun) mathematics#1, math#1, maths#1
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Sense 16
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
TOPIC>(noun) cooking#1, cookery#1, preparation#8
Sense 17
reduce, boil down, concentrate
TOPIC>(noun) cooking#1, cookery#1, preparation#8
Domain Terms of verb reduce
Familiarity of verb reduce
reduce used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count =19)
Sample Sentences of verb reduce
19 senses of reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
reduce
*> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 4
reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
reduce
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
reduce, come down, boil down
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
reduce
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 9
reduce, scale down
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
reduce, tighten
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 12
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 13
reduce
*> Something ----s
Sense 14
reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 16
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
*> Something ----s
Sense 17
reduce, boil down, concentrate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 18
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb reduce
19 senses of reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 2
reduce
> simplify
=> reduce
=> oversimplify
Sense 3
reduce
> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> sideline
=> reduce
Sense 4
reduce
> substitute, replace
=> shift
=> reduce
=> truncate
=> retool
=> subrogate
Sense 5
reduce
> take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
=> reduce
=> dehumanize, dehumanise
Sense 6
reduce, come down, boil down
> become, turn
=> reduce, come down, boil down
=> suffocate, choke
=> nucleate
=> come, add up, amount
Sense 7
shrink, reduce
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 8
reduce
> impoverish
=> reduce
=> beggar, pauperize, pauperise
=> bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
Sense 9
reduce, scale down
> shrink, reduce
=> reduce, scale down
=> reef
=> miniaturize, miniaturise
=> depopulate, desolate
=> contract
Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 11
reduce, tighten
> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> reduce, tighten
=> tie
=> gate
=> draw the line, draw a line
=> mark off, mark out
=> rule, harness, rein
=> baffle, regulate
=> hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
=> stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
=> clamp down, crack down
=> inhibit
=> restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
Sense 12
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
> oppress, suppress, crush
=> repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Sense 13
reduce
> separate, divide, part
=> subdivide
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off, come away
=> segregate
=> segment
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> partition, partition off
=> dismember, take apart, discerp
=> gerrymander
Sense 14
reduce
> reposition
=> reduce
Sense 15
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 16
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 17
reduce, boil down, concentrate
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 18
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
> weaken
=> de-energize, de-energise
=> break
=> devitalize, devitalise
=> shake
=> depress
=> unbrace
=> etiolate
=> cripple, stultify
=> dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> rarefy, attenuate
=> blunt
=> temper, season, mollify
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
=> enervate
=> dampen
=> neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
=> emasculate, castrate
=> wash out
Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb reduce
Sense 1
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 2
reduce
=> simplify
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Sense 3
reduce
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
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Sense 4
reduce
=> substitute, replace
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Sense 5
reduce
=> take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
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Sense 6
reduce, come down, boil down
=> become, turn
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Sense 7
shrink, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 8
reduce
=> impoverish
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Sense 9
reduce, scale down
=> shrink, reduce
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Sense 10
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> change
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Sense 11
reduce, tighten
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
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Sense 12
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
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Sense 13
reduce
=> separate, divide, part
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Sense 14
reduce
=> reposition
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Sense 15
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 16
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 17
reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 18
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> weaken
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Sense 19
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> change state, turn
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Grep of verb reduce
reduce
Grep of adj reduce
reduced
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