Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)reducemake less complex“reduce a problem to a single question” (v)reducebring to humbler or weaker state or condition“He reduced the population to slavery” (v)reducesimplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another (v)reducelower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation“She reduced her niece to a servant” (v)shrink, reducereduce in size; reduce physically“Hot water will shrink the sweater”,
“Can you shrink this image?” (v)reducelessen and make more modest“reduce one's standard of living” (v)deoxidize, deoxidise, reduceto 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 (v)reduce, tightennarrow or limit“reduce the influx of foreigners” (v)repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduceput down by force or intimidation“The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”,
“China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently”,
“The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land” (v)reduceundergo meiosis“The cells reduce” (v)reducereposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site (v)reducedestress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it