reduce: Information About The Word 'reduce'

reduce is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'reduce' is made up of 6 letters.

Meanings:
  • (v) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  • (v) make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
  • (v) bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
  • (v) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
  • (v) lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
  • (v) be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
  • (v) reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
  • (v) lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
  • (v) make smaller; "reduce an image"
  • (v) 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
  • (v) narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
  • (v) 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"
  • (v) undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
  • (v) reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
  • (v) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
  • (v) be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  • (v) cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
  • (v) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
  • (v) take off weight
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Using the word 'reduce' in Scrabble will fetch you 9 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 11 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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Words Ending With 'reduce'

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Words Starting With 'reduce'

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Words Containing 'reduce'

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Points in Scrabble for reduce9
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