reduces

1. cut down on; make a reduction inExamples: "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down

2. make less complexExamples: "reduce a problem to a single question"Synonyms: reduce

3. bring to humbler or weaker state or conditionExamples: "He reduced the population to slavery"Synonyms: reduce

4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for anotherSynonyms: reduce

5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situationExamples: "She reduced her niece to a servant"Synonyms: reduce

6. be the essential elementExamples: "The proposal boils down to a compromise"Synonyms: boil down, come down, reduce