REDUCE

Cut down on; make a reduction in

Example: "Reduce your daily fat intake"

Make less complex

Example: "Reduce a problem to a single question"

Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

Example: "He reduced the population to slavery"

Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

Example: "She reduced her niece to a servant"

Be the essential element

Example: "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

Reduce in size; reduce physically

Example: "Hot water will shrink the sweater"

Lessen and make more modest

Example: "Reduce one's standard of living"

Make smaller

Example: "Reduce an image"

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

Narrow or limit

Example: "Reduce the influx of foreigners"

Put down by force or intimidation

Example: "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"

Undergo meiosis

Example: "The cells reduce"

Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

Destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Example: "The manuscript must be shortened"

Be cooked until very little liquid is left

Example: "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

Cook until very little liquid is left

Example: "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Example: "Cut bourbon"

Take off weight