lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon";
narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners";
cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time";
be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup";
be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise";
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;
make smaller; "reduce an image";
reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?";
make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question";
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened";
cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits";
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site;
undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce";
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant";
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another;
lessen and make more modest; "reduce one''s standard of living";
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery";
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";
