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Reduces - definition of reduces by The Free Dictionary Reduces - definition of reduces by The Free Dictionary https://www.thefreedictionary.com/reduces Printer Friendly reduce (redirected from reduces ) Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Idioms , Encyclopedia . Related to reduces: reduction re·duce (rĭ-do͞os′, -dyo͞os′) v. re·duced , re·duc·ing , re·duc·es v. tr. 1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease . 2. To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially: a. To gain control of; subject or conquer: "a design to reduce them under absolute despotism" (Declaration of Independence). b. To subject to destruction: Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble. c. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness: disease that reduced the patient to emaciation; teasing that reduced the child to tears. d. To compel to desperate acts: The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners. e. To lower in rank or grade; demote. 3. To thicken or intensify the flavor of (a sauce, for example) by slow boiling. 4. To lower the price of: The store has drastically reduced winter coats. 5. To decrease the viscosity of (paint, for example), as by adding a solvent. 6. To put in a simpler or more systematic form; simplify or codify: reduced her ideas to a collection of maxims. 7. To turn into powder; pulverize. 8. Chemistry a. To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons. b. To remove oxygen from (a compound). c. To add hydrogen to (a compound). d. To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt. 9. Mathematics To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value. 10. Medicine To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position. 11. Linguistics To pronounce (a stressed vowel) as the unstressed version of that vowel or as schwa. v. intr. 1. To become diminished. 2. To lose weight, as by dieting. 3. Biology To undergo meiosis. [Middle English reducen , to bring back , from Old French reducier , from Latin redūcere : re- , re- + dūcere , to lead ; see deuk- in Indo-European roots .] re·duc′er n. re·duc′i·bil′i·ty n. re·duc′i·ble adj. re·duc′i·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. reduce ( rɪˈdjuːs ) vb ( mainly tr ) 1. ( also intr ) to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc 2. to bring into a certain state, condition, etc: to reduce a forest to ashes ; to reduce someone to despair . 3. ( also intr ) to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight 4. to impoverish (esp in the phrase in reduced circumstances ) 5. to bring into a state of submission to one's authority; subjugate: the whole country was reduced after three months . 6. (Commerce) to bring down the price of (a commodity): the shirt was reduced in the sale . 7. to lower the rank or status of; demote: he was reduced from corporal to private ; reduced to the ranks . 8. to set out systematically as an aid to understanding; simplify: his theories have been reduced in a popular treatise . 9. (Mathematics) maths to modify or simplify the form of (an expression or equation), esp by substitution of one term by another 10. (Cookery) cookery to make (a sauce, stock, etc) more concentrated by boiling away some of the water in it 11. to thin out (paint) by adding oil, turpentine, etc; dilute 12. (Chemistry) ( also intr ) chem a. to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction with hydrogen or formation of a hydride b. to lose or cause to lose oxygen atoms c. to undergo or cause to undergo an increase in the number of electrons. Compare oxidize 13. (Photography) photog to lessen the density of (a negative or print) by converting some of the blackened silver in the emulsion to soluble silver compounds by an oxidation process using a photographic reducer 14. (Surgery) surgery to manipulate or reposition (a broken or displaced bone, organ, or part) back to its normal site 15. (Biology) ( also intr ) biology to undergo or cause to undergo meiosis [C14: from Latin redūcere to bring back, from re- + dūcere to lead] reˈducible adj reˌduciˈbility , reˈducibleness n reˈducibly adv Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 re•duce (rɪˈdus, -ˈdyus) v. -duced, -duc•ing. v.t. 1. to bring down to a smaller size, amount, price, etc. 2. to lower in degree, intensity, etc. 3. to demote to a lower rank 4. to treat analytically, as a complex idea. 5. to act destructively upon (a substance or object): a house reduced to ashes. 6. to bring to a certain state: to reduce someone to tears. 7. to evaporate water from, as a sauce, by boiling. 8. to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.). 9. a. to deoxidize. b. to add hydrogen to. c. to decrease the positive charge on (an ion) by adding electrons. 10. to convert (ore minerals) to a metallic state by driving off nonmetallic elements; smelt. 11. to thin or dilute: to reduce paint with turpentine. 12. to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone. 13. to pronounce (a vowel) as (ə) or another unstressed, centralized vowel. v.i. 14. to become reduced. 15. to lose weight, as by dieting. 16. to be equal to or turned into something. 17. to undergo meiosis. or authority. [1325–75; to lead back < Latin redūcere to lead back, bring back = re- re - + dūcere to lead] re•duc′er, n. re•duc•i•ble, adj. re•duc`i•bil′i•ty, n. re•duc′i•bly, adv. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. reduce diminish - A blend of diminue, "speak disparagingly," and minish, "reduce in amount, degree, influence, power." formulate - Can mean "reduce to a formula." moderate - Etymologically, it means "keep within due measure," and is derived from Latin moderari or moderare, "control, reduce." minimize - Means to reduce to an absolute minimum—not to play down or soften. Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved. reduce Past participle: reduced Gerund: reducing Imperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative reduce reduce Present I reduce you reduce he/she/it reduces we reduce you reduce they reduce Preterite I reduced you reduced he/she/it reduced we reduced you reduced they reduced Present Continuous I am reducing you are reducing he/she/it is reducing we are reducing you are reducing they are reducing Present Perfect I have reduced you have reduced he/she/it has reduced we have reduced you have reduced they have reduced Past Continuous I was reducing you were reducing he/she/it was reducing we were reducing you were reducing they were reducing Past Perfect I had reduced you had reduced he/she/it had reduced we had reduced you had reduced they had reduced Future I will reduce you will reduce he/she/it will reduce we will reduce you will reduce they will reduce Future Perfect I will have reduced you will have reduced he/she/it will have reduced we will have reduced you will have reduced they will have reduced Future Continuous I will be reducing you will be reducing he/she/it will be reducing we will be reducing you will be reducing they will be reducing Present Perfect Continuous I have been reducing you have been reducing he/she/it has been reducing we have been reducing you have been reducing they have been reducing Future Perfect Continuous I will have been reducing you will have been reducing he/she/it will have been reducing we will have been reducing you will have been reducing they will have been reducing Past Perfect Continuous I had been reducing you had been reducing he/she/it had been reducing we had been reducing you had been reducing they had been reducing Conditional I would reduce you would reduce he/she/it would reduce we would reduce you would reduce they would reduce Past Conditional I would have reduced you would have reduced he/she/it would have reduced we would have reduced you would have reduced they would have reduced Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 reduce To concentrate a liquid by boiling it without a cover, causing water to evaporate. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus Verb 1. reduce - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" cut down , trim back , trim down , cut , cut back , trim , bring down shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance cut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench" slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" minify , decrease , lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" detract , take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" inflate - inc