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According to WordNet, the verb "reduce" has 20 sense(s).

201499137 reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site.

200243900 reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened".

200587522 destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it.

201558582 undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce".

202317836 lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living".

202424128 put 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".

200240131 make smaller; "reduce an image".

200242396 make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question".

200045817 take off weight.

200241038 reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?".

202258291 simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.

202399888 bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery".

200429060 cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits".

200236999 cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time".

200226071 lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon".

200237704 be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise".

200237877 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.

201800907 lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant".

200237259 be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup".

200233203 narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners".

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