Definitions for reduce

(cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits")

(make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question")

(bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery")

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

(lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant")

(be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise")

(reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?")

(lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living")

(make smaller; "reduce an image")

(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)

(narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners")

(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")

(undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce")

(reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site)

(destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it)

(reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")

(be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup")

(cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time")

(lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon")

(take off weight)