reduce

verb

1. 1

   To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

   “to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”

2. 2

   To lose weight.

3. 3

   To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

   “Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.”

4. 4

   To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

   “to reduce a province or a fort”

5. 5

   To bring to an inferior state or condition.

   “to reduce a city to ashes”

6. 6

   To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.

7. 7

   To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.

8. 8

   To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.

9. 9

   To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.

10. 10

    To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.

11. 11

    To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form

12. 12

    To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)

    “It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.”

13. 13

    To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

14. 14

    To reform a line or column from (a square).

15. 15

    To strike off the payroll.

16. 16

    To annul by legal means.

17. 17

    To translate (a book, document, etc.).

    “a book reduced into English”