reducing

Meanings

Noun

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer
  • "a doctor supervised her reducing"

Verb

• cut down on; make a reduction in
• make less complex
• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
• 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
• be the essential element
• reduce in size; reduce physically
• lessen and make more modest
• make smaller
• 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
• put down by force or intimidation
• undergo meiosis
• 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
• be cooked until very little liquid is left
• cook until very little liquid is left
• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
• take off weight

Synonyms

abbreviate, abridge, boil down, bring down, come down, concentrate, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, decoct, deoxidise, deoxidize, dilute, foreshorten, keep down, lose weight, melt off, quash, reduce, reduction, repress, scale down, shorten, shrink, slenderize, slim, slim down, subdue, subjugate, thin, thin out, tighten, trim, trim back, trim down

Antonyms

blow up, expand, gain, oxidise, oxidize