reduces >> rɪˈdjuːs
Definition: [verb] make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
Example: the need for businesses to reduce costs
Definition: [verb] bring someone or something to (a worse or less desirable state or condition).
Example: she has been reduced to near poverty
Definition: [verb] change a substance to (a different or more basic form).
Example: it is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust
Definition: [verb] cause to combine chemically with hydrogen.
Example: hydrogen for reducing the carbon dioxide
Definition: [verb] restore (a dislocated part of the body) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery.
Example: Joe's reducing a dislocated thumb
Definition: [verb] besiege and capture (a town or fortress).