Simple past tense and past participle of reduce, adjective_ Made smaller or less, resulting from reduction, made less in size or amount or degree, well below normal (especially in price)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reduce

Present participle of reduce, adjective_ chemistry That causes reduction, 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

The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions, he act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest, The transformation of an algebraic expression into another of a simpler kind

Plural form of reduction

Any of several similar plants, such as the papyrus, A flexible strip of cane or metal set into the mouthpiece or air opening of certain instruments to produce tone by vibrating in response to a stream of air, A missile weapon; an arrow or a javelin_ used poetically

A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under coral, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef, The itch; any eruptive skin disorder, verb_ roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area, lower and bring partially inboard, reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef, transitive verb_ To reduce the size of (a sail) by tucking in a part and tying it to or rolling it around a yard, To shorten (a topmast or bowsprit) by taking part of it in, adjective_ Scabby; scurvy,

A device, such as a cylinder, spool, or frame, that turns on an axis and is used for winding and storing rope, tape, film, or other flexible materials, The quantity of wire, film, or other material wound on one reel, A device used in angling, attached to the rod, for winding the line, consisting of a cylinder revolving on an axis moved by a small crank or spring. The salmon-reel is about four inches, and the trout-reel about two inches in diameter; the length is about two inches. In angling the reel plays an important part, its use and action requiring to be in perfect accord or correspondence with the play of the rod and line. To meet these requirements, clicks and multipliers are employed. The click checks the line from running out too freely, and the multiplier gathers in the slack with increased speed, intransitive verb_ To be thrown off balance or fall back, To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness, To feel dizzy

A referee, (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play, Short form of referee, verb_ informal to referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game, abbreviation_ reference, refectory

think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another, send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision, use a name to designate, transitive Hence_ To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another, To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation, To direct the attention of, intransitive To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self, To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like, To have relation or reference; to relate; to point