reduce

1. is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
   subtypes:

   • shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
   • spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
   • quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
   • retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce
   • slash - cut drastically
   • thin out - make sparse
   • thin - make thin or thinner
   • detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish
   • deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
   • inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
   • downsize - (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees
   • subtract - take off or away
   • knock off, shave - cut the price of
   same as: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down
   verb group: cut - have a reducing effect
2. is a type of: simplify - make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
   subtypes: abbreviate - shorten
3. is a type of: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
4. referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
   is a type of: exchange, interchange, replace, substitute - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
5. is a type of: degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
6. is a type of: become, turn - undergo a change or development
   same as: boil down, come down
7. causes: contract, shrink - become smaller or draw together
   is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
   subtypes:

   • reduce, scale down - make smaller
   • reef - reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
   • miniaturise, miniaturize - design or construct on a smaller scale
   • depopulate, desolate - reduce in population
   • downsize - design or manufacture in a smaller size
   • contract - make smaller
   same as: shrink
8. is a type of: impoverish - make poor
9. is a type of: reduce, shrink - reduce in size; reduce physically
   same as: scale down
10. referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    subtypes:

    • benficiate - subject to a reduction process
    • pole - deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
    same as: deoxidise, deoxidize
11. is a type of: bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel - place limits on (extent or amount or access)
    same as: tighten
12. is a type of: crush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    same as: keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate
13. is a type of: divide, part, separate - come apart
14. is a type of: reposition - place into another position
15. referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    is a type of: de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress - reduce the emphasis
    subtypes: obscure - reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
16. is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
    subtypes:

    • bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    • concentrate, condense, digest - make more concise
    same as: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten
    verb group: cut, edit, edit out - cut and assemble the components of
17. referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    is a type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen - decrease in size, extent, or range
    same as: boil down, concentrate, decoct
18. referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
    same as: boil down, concentrate
19. is a type of: weaken - lessen the strength of
    subtypes: water down - make less strong or intense
    same as: cut, dilute, thin, thin out
20. is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
    subtypes: sweat off - lose weight by sweating
    same as: melt off, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin

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