reduce

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”

cut down on; make a reduction in“reduce your daily fat intake”

put down by force or intimidation“The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”

take off weight

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture“cut bourbon”

be cooked until very little liquid is left“The sauce should reduce to one cup”

be the essential element“The proposal boils down to a compromise”

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

cook until very little liquid is left“The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time”

reduce in size; reduce physically“Hot water will shrink the sweater”

make smaller“reduce an image”

narrow or limit“reduce the influx of foreigners”

make less complex“reduce a problem to a single question”

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition“He reduced the population to slavery”

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

lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation“She reduced her niece to a servant”

lessen and make more modest“reduce one's standard of living”

undergo meiosis“The cells reduce”

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

destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it