to reduce

Examples

• All

• School-based intervention programs appear crucial in reducing overweight and preventing childhood obesity.

  Academic text (2012)

• But do bear in mind that it will reduce the antioxidant compounds as you cook them.

• Cooked in a reduced stock from the boil.

  Stay (2020)

• So here we have the balsamic that has been reduced a little, and the last little thing is off the heat.

• The resulting material, while far from mature compost, has been reduced by 50 percent or better in volume.

  Academic text (1998)

• This will reduce the odour of decomposition.

  Summer of 84 (2018)

• It's like making sauce, as Marcella Hazan said about making pasta sauce, reduce, reduce, reduce.

• It'll reduce the swelling.

  Arthur (2011)

• Simmer the sauce gently to reduce its volume and intensify the flavors.

• To create a thicker soup, you need to reduce the liquid by boiling it for several minutes.

Synonyms

C

to concentrate

vsto reduce

83 4.4

To make a liquid thicker by removing water

focuses on thickening by boiling or simmering rather than any removal method

C

to condense

vsto reduce

19 4.2

Turn from a gas into a liquid when cooled

describes thickening through cooking heat and evaporation rather than cooling

B

to boil down

vsto reduce

3 3.8

Cook a liquid until much of its water goes away and it becomes thicker

is a general cooking method to thicken liquids without extreme evaporation

D

to decoct

vsto reduce

• Specialized

9.9

Boil a plant or herb in water to make a strong liquid

aims to thicken cooking liquids by lowering volume through boiling or simmering

Antonyms

A

to add

∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

D

dilute

1 4.2

A liquid that is weaker after adding water

Phrasal Verbs

R

to reduce swelling

1 3.4

Make a swollen area of the body smaller

How Thick

to concentrate

83 4.4

to reduce

50 4.1

to thicken

35 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology