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Sounds | rahduw's; rihduw's; riyduw's |
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Rhymes | abstruse, abuse, Bruce, and 35 more rhymes in uws at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Cut down on. Make a reduction in. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "reduce your daily fat intake" |
Synonyms | cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down |
Narrower | shorten; quench; retrench; slash; thin out; thin; take away, detract; deflate; inflate; shave, knock off |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Similar to | cut |
Nouns | reduction |
Meaning | Make less complex. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "reduce a problem to a single question" |
Narrower | abbreviate |
Broader | simplify |
Nouns | reduction |
Meaning | Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
Examples | "He reduced the population to slavery" |
Broader | demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs |
Meaning | Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Category | mathematics, math, maths |
Broader | substitute, replace |
Meaning | Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "She reduced her niece to a servant" |
Broader | take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down |
Meaning | Be the essential element. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Synonyms | come down, boil down |
Broader | become, turn |
Meaning | Reduce in size. Reduce physically. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | shrink |
Cause to | shrink, contract |
Narrower | reduce, scale down; reef; miniaturize, miniaturise; depopulate, desolate; contract |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Nouns | reduction |
Meaning | Lessen and make more modest. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "reduce one's standard of living" |
Broader | impoverish |
Meaning | Make smaller. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "reduce an image" |
Synonyms | scale down |
Broader | shrink, reduce |
Contrary | blow up, enlarge, magnify |
Nouns | reduction |
Meaning | 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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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | deoxidize, deoxidise |
Category | chemistry, chemical science |
Narrower | benficiate; pole |
Broader | change |
Contrary | oxidize, oxidise, oxidate |
Nouns | reducing; reducer, reductant |
Meaning | Narrow or limit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
Synonyms | tighten |
Broader | restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle |
Meaning | Put down by force or intimidation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Synonyms | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate |
Broader | oppress, suppress, crush |
Meaning | Undergo meiosis. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The cells reduce" |
Broader | separate, divide, part |
Meaning | Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | reposition |
Meaning | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract |
Narrower | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Contrary | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate |
Similar to | edit, cut, edit out |
Meaning | Be cooked until very little liquid is left. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
Synonyms | boil down, decoct, concentrate |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall |
Meaning | Cook until very little liquid is left. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
Synonyms | boil down, concentrate |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Meaning | Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | dilute, thin, thin out, cut |
Narrower | water down |
Broader | weaken |
Meaning | Take off weight. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down |
Narrower | sweat off |
Broader | change state, turn |
Contrary | gain, put on |
Nouns | reducing |