reduced Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cut down on; make a reduction in
   trim; cut; cut back; bring down; reduce; cut down; trim down; trim back.
   
   • reduce your daily fat intake
   • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
2. verb make less complex
   reduce.
   
   • reduce a problem to a single question
3. verb bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
   reduce.
   
   • He reduced the population to slavery
4. verb simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
   reduce.
   
5. verb lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
   reduce.
   
   • She reduced her niece to a servant
6. verb be the essential element
   boil down; reduce; come down.
   
   • The proposal boils down to a compromise
7. verb reduce in size; reduce physically
   reduce; shrink.
   
   • Hot water will shrink the sweater
   • Can you shrink this image?
8. verb lessen and make more modest
   reduce.
   
   • reduce one's standard of living
9. verb make smaller
   scale down; reduce.
   
   • reduce an image
10. verb 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
    deoxidize; reduce; deoxidise.
    
11. verb narrow or limit
    tighten; reduce.
    
    • reduce the influx of foreigners
12. verb put down by force or intimidation
    subdue; reduce; repress; quash; subjugate; keep down.
    
    • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
13. verb undergo meiosis
    reduce.
    
    • The cells reduce
14. verb reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
    reduce.
    
15. verb destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
    reduce.
    
16. verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract; foreshorten.
    
    • The manuscript must be shortened
17. verb be cooked until very little liquid is left
    decoct; reduce; concentrate; boil down.
    
    • The sauce should reduce to one cup
18. verb cook until very little liquid is left
    boil down; concentrate; reduce.
    
    • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
19. verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
    thin out; cut; dilute; reduce; thin.
    
    • cut bourbon
20. verb take off weight
    slim; melt off; slenderize; reduce; slim down; lose weight; thin.
    
21. adjective made less in size or amount or degree
    decreased.
    
22. adjective satellite well below normal (especially in price)
    rock-bottom.
    

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