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Word: reduce (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • transitive|chemistry To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
  • transitive|cooking To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
  • transitive|law To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").
  • transitive|math To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
  • transitive|metallurgy To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
  • intransitive To lose weight.
  • transitive To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.
  • transitive To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
  • transitive To bring to an inferior state or condition.
  • transitive To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

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