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Exact Match:

reduce

take off weight

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

make smaller; "reduce an image"

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

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"

Synonyms:

• abase,
• abash,
• abate,
• abbreviate,
• abrade,
• abridge,
• abstract,
• acetify,
• acidify,
• acidulate,
• adjust,
• adjust to,
• adulterate,
• afflict,
• alkalify,
• alkalize,
• allay,
• alleviate,
• allow,
• alter,
• analyze,
• anatomize,
• anesthetize,
• appease,
• apportion,
• assay,
• assimilate to,
• assuage,
• attemper,
• attenuate,
• bank the fire,
• bankrupt,
• baptize,
• bate,
• bear down,
• beat down,
• become,
• beggar,
• belittle,
• bend,
• benumb,
• blunt,
• bob,
• boil down,
• borate,
• box in,
• break,
• break down,
• break up,
• bring down,
• bring low,
• bring to,
• bring to terms,
• bump,
• bust,
• capsulize,
• carbonate,
• catalyze,
• change,
• change into,
• change over,
• charge off,
• chasten,
• cheapen,
• chemical,
• chlorinate,
• circumscribe,
• clip,
• coarct,
• compact,
• compress,
• concentrate,
• condense,
• condition,
• conquer,
• consolidate,
• constrain,
• constrict,
• constringe,
• contract,
• control,
• convert,
• couch,
• count,
• count calories,
• cramp,
• cripple,
• crop,
• crush,
• curtail,
• cushion,
• cut,
• cut back,
• cut down,
• cut off short,
• cut prices,
• cut short,
• damp,
• dampen,
• de-emphasize,
• deaden,
• deaden the pain,
• debase,
• debilitate,
• decline,
• decrease,
• deduct,
• deflate,
• degrade,
• demean,
• demote,
• deplume,
• depreciate,
• depress,
• derange,
• derogate,
• detract,
• detrude,
• devaluate,
• devitalize,
• diet,
• dilute,
• diminish,
• disable,
• discount,
• disgrade,
• disorder,
• disparage,
• displume,
• dissect,
• distill,
• dive,
• divide,
• do over,
• dock,
• downbear,
• downgrade,
• downplay,
• drain,
• draw,
• draw in,
• draw together,
• drop,
• dull,
• dump,
• dump on,
• ease,
• ease matters,
• eat away,
• electrolyze,
• elide,
• enervate,
• enfeeble,
• epitomize,
• erode,
• eviscerate,
• exhaust,
• extenuate,
• extract,
• fall,
• fall in price,
• fell,
• ferment,
• file away,
• fix,
• flatten,
• foment,
• foreshorten,
• give relief,
• give way,
• grind,
• gruel,
• haul down,
• hedge,
• hedge about,
• homopolymerize,
• hospitalize,
• humble,
• humiliate,
• hydrate,
• hydrogenate,
• hydroxylate,
• impair,
• impoverish,
• increase,
• indent,
• indispose,
• invalid,
• irrigate,
• isomerize,
• jew down,
• keep within bounds,
• kick back,
• knit,
• knock down,
• lay,
• lay low,
• lay up,
• leach,
• leaven,
• lenify,
• lessen,
• let down,
• let up on,
• lighten,
• limit,
• lose flesh,
• lose weight,
• lower,
• lull,
• make,
• make allowance,
• make over,
• mark down,
• master,
• measure,
• minimize,
• mitigate,
• moderate,
• modify,
• modulate,
• mollify,
• mow,
• narrow,
• naturalize,
• nip,
• nitrate,
• nose-dive,
• numb,
• number,
• obtund,
• overmaster,
• override,
• oversimplify,
• overwhelm,
• oxidize,
• pad,
• palliate,
• parcel,
• pare,
• pauperize,
• pepsinate,
• peroxidize,
• phosphatize,
• play down,
• plummet,
• plunge,
• poll,
• pollard,
• polymerize,
• poultice,
• pour balm into,
• pour oil on,
• powder,
• press down,
• prostrate,
• prune,
• pucker,
• pucker up,
• pull down,
• pulp,
• purify,
• purse,
• push down,
• put down,
• qualify,
• quantify,
• quantize,
• quell,
• rarefy,
• rate,
• rattle,
• reap,
• rebate,
• recap,
• recapitulate,
• reconvert,
• reduce the temperature,
• reduce to,
• reduce to elements,
• reduce weight,
• refine,
• refund,
• regulate by,
• relieve,
• remove,
• render,
• reset,
• resolve,
• resolve into,
• restrain,
• restrict,
• retrench,
• reverse,
• ride down,
• roll back,
• rub,
• rub away,
• sag,
• salve,
• sap,
• scale down,
• season,
• segment,
• separate,
• set,
• set conditions,
• set down,
• set limits,
• shake,
• shake up,
• shave,
• shear,
• shift,
• shorten,
• sicken,
• simplify,
• sink,
• slacken,
• slake,
• slash,
• slenderize,
• slim,
• slim down,
• slow down,
• slump,
• smash,
• smother,
• snub,
• sober,
• sober down,
• soften,
• soften up,
• solidify,
• soothe,
• step down,
• stifle,
• strangle,
• strangulate,
• streamline,
• strip down,
• strip of rank,
• stunt,
• stupe,
• subdivide,
• subduct,
• subdue,
• subjugate,
• subtract,
• sulfate,
• sulfatize,
• sulfonate,
• sum up,
• summarize,
• suppress,
• switch,
• switch over,
• synopsize,
• take a premium,
• take away,
• take down,
• take from,
• take in,
• take off,
• take off weight,
• tame,
• telescope,
• temper,
• thin,
• thin down,
• thin out,
• thrust down,
• tone down,
• trample down,
• trample underfoot,
• transform,
• tread underfoot,
• trim,
• trip up,
• triturate,
• truncate,
• tune down,
• turn,
• turn back,
• turn into,
• tyrannize,
• unbrace,
• undermine,
• underplay,
• unman,
• unnerve,
• unstrengthen,
• unstring,
• vanquish,
• water,
• water down,
• weaken,
• wear away,
• weed,
• weight-watch,
• withdraw,
• work,
• wrinkle,
• write off