Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: reduced

'reduced'

[reduce.v.01] as in: cut down on; make a reduction in

Examples:
reduce your daily fat intake
The employer wants to cut back health benefits

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[reduce.v.02] as in: make less complex

Examples:
reduce a problem to a single question

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[reduce.v.03] as in: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

Examples:
He reduced the population to slavery

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[reduce.v.04] as in: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

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[reduce.v.05] as in: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

Examples:
She reduced her niece to a servant

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[reduce.v.06] as in: be the essential element

Examples:
The proposal boils down to a compromise

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[shrink.v.03] as in: reduce in size; reduce physically

Examples:
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Can you shrink this image?

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[reduce.v.08] as in: lessen and make more modest

Examples:
reduce one's standard of living

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[reduce.v.09] as in: make smaller

Examples:
reduce an image

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[deoxidize.v.01] as in: 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

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[reduce.v.11] as in: narrow or limit

Examples:
reduce the influx of foreigners

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[repress.v.01] as in: put down by force or intimidation

Examples:
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

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[reduce.v.13] as in: undergo meiosis

Examples:
The cells reduce

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[reduce.v.14] as in: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

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[reduce.v.15] as in: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

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[abridge.v.01] as in: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Examples:
The manuscript must be shortened

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[boil_down.v.02] as in: be cooked until very little liquid is left

Examples:
The sauce should reduce to one cup

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[reduce.v.18] as in: cook until very little liquid is left

Examples:
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time

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[dilute.v.01] as in: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Examples:
cut bourbon

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[reduce.v.20] as in: take off weight

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[decreased.a.01] as in: made less in size or amount or degree

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[reduced.s.01] as in: well below normal (especially in price)