reduce
Cut the amount
Reduce means to make smaller, less, or fewer.
You reduce expenses by cutting costs, reduce speed by slowing down, reduce a sauce by simmering off liquid.
To be reduced to something is to be brought to a lower or worse state: reduced to tears, reduced to begging.
In chemistry, reduction is the opposite of oxidation—gaining electrons.
A reduced price is discounted.
Reduce, reuse, recycle urges consuming less.
To make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- lowerReduce or move downward
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- curtailTo cut short
cut · shrink · contract · decline · taper · downscale · abate · subside
Reduce by adding solvent
- diminishTo make smaller
- attenuateReduce in force
- lessenReduce in degree
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
temper · dampen · blunt · soften · mute · tone down · water down · undercut
Remove unnecessary elements
- declutterRemove unnecessary items
- distillPurify through vaporization
- boil downReduce to essentials
- pare downReduce by removing excess
condense · clarify · strip down · break down · summarize · abstract · digest · abbreviate
Tightly packed together
- condenseMake more compact
- shrinkDecrease in size
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- compressReduce volume by force
crush · flatten · press · deflate · vacuum-pack · tighten · constrict · squash
Concentrated derived substance
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- distillPurify through vaporization
- boil downReduce to essentials
- condenseMake more compact
thicken · evaporate · intensify · refine · purify · decoct · render · simmer down
Measures of food energy
- portionDivided share given
- carbsEnergy-yielding nutrients, informally
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- fatAdipose tissue
sugar · sodium · cholesterol · weightloss · restriction · deficit · cutting · macros
Mass job eliminations
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- rightsizingOptimizing employee numbers
consolidation · attrition · severance · furloughs · outsourcing · redundancy · headcount · retrenchment
diminish
To make smaller
curtail · cut · shrink · contract · decline · taper · downscale · abate · subside · ebb
dilute
Reduce by adding solvent
moderate · temper · dampen · blunt · soften · mute · tone down · water down · undercut · erode
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
pare down · condense · clarify · strip down · break down · summarize · abstract · digest · abbreviate · abridge
compact
Tightly packed together
compress · crush · flatten · press · deflate · vacuum-pack · tighten · constrict · squash · consolidate
extract
Concentrated derived substance
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- distillPurify through vaporization
- boil downReduce to essentials
condense · thicken · evaporate · intensify · refine · purify · decoct · render · simmer down · skim
calories
Measures of food energy
- portionDivided share given
- carbsEnergy-yielding nutrients, informally
- intakeAmount received or consumed
fat · sugar · sodium · cholesterol · weightloss · restriction · deficit · cutting · macros · serving size
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
rightsizing · consolidation · attrition · severance · furloughs · outsourcing · redundancy · headcount · retrenchment · trimming
simmer
Cook just under boiling
thicken · caramelize · deglaze · pan sauce · demi-glace · consommé · roux · jus · balsamic · syrup
- eco-friendlysustainable, fair trade, green, biodegradable, recyclable
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- Greeneco-friendly, sustainable, renewable, recycle, compost
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, lower
- reduce/lessenshrink, lessen, decrease, diminish, cut
- noise reductionDecreasing auditory interference
- reduced to rubbleTotally destroyed, only fragments
- reduced priceLowered cost for purchase
- stress reductionLessening mental tension
- reduce reuse recycleWaste minimization principles
- reduced to ashesBurned until nothing remains
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