Definition of "Reduce" :

verb: take off weight

verb: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

verb: narrow or limit

"Reduce the influx of foreigners."

verb: cook until very little liquid is left

"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time."

verb: be cooked until very little liquid is left

"The sauce should reduce to one cup."

verb: be the essential element

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

verb: make smaller

"Reduce an image."

verb: reduce in size; reduce physically

verb: make less complex

"Reduce a problem to a single question."

verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

verb: cut down on; make a reduction in

"Reduce your daily fat intake."

verb: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

verb: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

verb: undergo meiosis

"The cells reduce."

verb: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

"She reduced her niece to a servant."

verb: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

verb: lessen and make more modest

"Reduce one's standard of living."

verb: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

"He reduced the population to slavery."

verb: put down by force or intimidation