reduce-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: decrease, lessen, scale down, limit

Examples:
Reduce your daily fat intake.
I'll need to reduce this image by 25 percent to fit on the page.
He had to reduce his discretionary spending after losing his job.
The new law hopes to reduce traffic fatalities.
The editor told her to reduce the long narrative description at the beginning of the novel.
Adding sugar will reduce the tartness of rhubarb.
He'll need to reduce by 6 pounds to make the lower weight class in wrestling.

Mappings:
VerbNet: limit-76
FrameNet: Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
PropBank: reduce.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 7, 9, 11, 16, 19, 20

Sense Number 2: simplify

Examples:
Modern science has reduced much of biology to chemistry and physics.
His 10-page proposal reduces to a single idea - reduce spending.
He is trying to reduce these equations to a single formula.
Hemaglobin reduces iron oxide in order to provide oxygen to the cells.

Mappings:
VerbNet: limit-76
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: reduce.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4, 6, 10

Sense Number 3: lower, degrade, weaken, restrict

Examples:
He reduced the population to slavery.
The hurricane has been reduced to a tropical storm.
This situation will probably reduce their standard of living.
The government quickly reduced the attempts to revolt.

Mappings:
VerbNet: subjugate-42.3
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: reduce.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 5, 8, 12

Sense Number 4: concentrate or distill

Examples:
The sauce should reduce to one cup.
He boiled the pan on high to quickly reduce the sauce.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 17, 18

Sense Number 5: undergo meiosis

Examples:
The cells reduce.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13

Sense Number 6: reposition, as a bone

Examples:
The doctor was able to quickly reduce the man's broken arm.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14