reduce

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

Similiar / Same: cut down, trim down, trim back, cut back, cut, trim, bring down

Categories: decrease, lessen, minify

Within this category: deflate, inflate, quench, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, take away, thin, thin out

reduce

How to sign: take off weight

Similiar / Same: melt off, lose weight, slim, slim down, slenderize, thin

Categories: change state, turn

Within this category: sweat off

reduce

How to sign: 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";

Similiar / Same: repress, quash, subdue, subjugate, keep down

Categories: crush, oppress, suppress

reduce

How to sign: be the essential element
"The proposal boils down to a compromise";

Similiar / Same: boil down, come down

Categories: become, turn

reduce

How to sign: make smaller
"reduce an image";

Similiar / Same: scale down

Categories: reduce, shrink

reduce

How to sign: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened";

Similiar / Same: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, cut

Categories: decrease, lessen, minify

Within this category: bowdlerize, digest

reduce

How to sign: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon";

Similiar / Same: dilute, thin, thin out, cut

Categories: weaken

Within this category: water down