reduce
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To make smaller or less in amount, degree , or size.
Framework senses
- §1
- To make smaller or less in amount, degree , or size.
- §1
- To make smaller or less in amount, degree , or size.
- §1
- take off weight
- §2
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- §3
- narrow or limit
- §4
- cook until very little liquid is left
- §5
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- §6
- be the essential element
- §7
- 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
- §8
- make smaller
- §9
- reduce in size
- §10
- make less complex
- §11
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- §12
- cut down on
- §13
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- §14
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- §15
- undergo meiosis
- §16
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- §17
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- §18
- lessen and make more modest
- §19
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- §20
- put down by force or intimidation