Reduce
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

CUT
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

4 letters

TRIM
Cutting down to the desired size or shape

EASE
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

SLIM
Take off weight

PARE
Decrease gradually or bit by bit

DROP
The act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

THIN
Take off weight

DIET
The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)

5 letters

SLASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

ABASE
Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

ABATE
Make less active or intense

LOWER
The lower of two berths

QUASH
Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

6 letters

SUBDUE
Correct by punishment or discipline

DILUTE
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

SHRINK
A physician who specializes in psychiatry

DERATE
Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus

LESSEN
Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

IMPAIR
Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

DEMOTE
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

DECOCT
Be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

7 letters

ABRIDGE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

SHORTEN
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

CHEAPEN
Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

CURTAIL
Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

TIGHTEN
Become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"

MELTOFF
Take off weight

THINOUT
Become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"

REPRESS
Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

CUTBACK
A reduction in quantity or rate

CUTDOWN
Cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

8 letters

TRIMBACK
Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

TRIMDOWN
Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

KEEPDOWN
Manage not to throw up

BOILDOWN
Be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

DECREASE
The act of decreasing or reducing something

DIMINISH
Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

TRUNCATE
Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

SLIMDOWN
Take off weight

CONTRACT
A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

COMEDOWN
Decline to a lower status or level

9 letters

DEOXIDISE
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

DEOXIDIZE
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

SCALEDOWN
Make smaller; "reduce an image"

DOWNGRADE
The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

BRINGDOWN
Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

SUBJUGATE
Make subservient; force to submit or subdue

10 letters

SLENDERIZE
Take off weight

LOSEWEIGHT
Take off weight

ABBREVIATE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

11 letters

FORESHORTEN
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

CONCENTRATE
A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water