reduce - Meaning in Konkani

reduce - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of reduce in English

reduce verb

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

   Example

   • "The manuscript must be shortened"
2. put down by force or intimidation

   Examples

   • "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
   • "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
   • "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

   Example

   • "He reduced the population to slavery"
4. lessen and make more modest

   Example

   • "reduce one's standard of living"
5. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
6. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

   Example

   • "She reduced her niece to a servant"
7. undergo meiosis

   Example

   • "The cells reduce"
8. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
9. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
10. cut down on; make a reduction in

    Synonyms

    trim

    Examples

    • "reduce your daily fat intake"
    • "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
11. take off weight

    Synonyms

    thin, thin

12. make less complex

    Example

    • "reduce a problem to a single question"
13. reduce in size; reduce physically

    Examples

    • "Can you shrink this image?"
    • "Hot water will shrink the sweater"
14. make smaller

    Example

    • "reduce an image"
15. 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
16. be the essential element

    Example

    • "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
17. be cooked until very little liquid is left

    Example

    • "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
18. cook until very little liquid is left

    Example

    • "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
19. narrow or limit

    Synonyms

    tighten

    Example

    • "reduce the influx of foreigners"
20. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    Synonyms

    thin, thin

    Example

    • "cut bourbon"

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