reduce
/rɪˈduːs/
verb
- To make something smaller or less in amount, size, degree, or price.
- The new software will help reduce the time it takes to process orders.
- You can reduce your risk of heart disease by eating a healthy diet.
- The store decided to reduce the price of all winter coats by 30 percent.
- To bring someone or something to a lower or worse state or condition.
- The argument reduced her to tears.
- Years of stress reduced him to a nervous wreck.
- The fire reduced the beautiful house to ashes.
- To boil a liquid so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated.
- You need to reduce the wine for about ten minutes.
- The recipe says to reduce the chicken broth by half.
- Reduce the sauce over low heat until it thickens.
- To simplify or break down something into smaller parts or a simpler form.
- The report reduces complex data into easy-to-understand charts.
- We can reduce the problem to a few key questions.
- The teacher showed us how to reduce the fraction 4/8 to 1/2.