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convert; break down or up, grind, rub, triturate, pulp, powder:
Payment of the debt reduced me to poverty. The first step is to
reduce the liquid to a thick extract. 5 cut, decrease, trim,
bring down, lower, drop, mark down, slash, Colloq knock down:
The prices on these shoes have been reduced for a quick sale. 6
demote, degrade, lower, downgrade, break; humble; Military US
and Canadian bust: He was reduced in rank from sergeant to
private. 7 diminish, lessen, bring down, depreciate, subdue,
belittle, minimize: He was reduced in her estimation when she
saw the deprecating way his friends treated him. 8 Medicine set,
adjust, reset: The doctor caused little pain when he reduced
her dislocated finger.
redundant adj. 1 superfluous, unnecessary, surplus, inessential or
unessential, non-essential, unneeded, unwanted, de trop, in
excess, excessive: He was made redundant at the age of
forty-five and was unable to find another job. 2 wordy, verbose,
prolix, over-long, long-winded, repetitious, tautologic(al) or
tautologous, circumlocutory, roundabout: The book would be
improved if certain redundant passages were improved.
reek v. 1 stink or smell (to high heaven), Slang Brit pong, hum:
Allie reeks from cleaning out the stable. 2 smoke, steam: It
is because it used to reek so badly that Edinburgh acquired its
nickname, 'Auld Reekie'.
--n. 3 stink, stench, fetor or foetor, miasma, mephitis, odour,
smell, Slang Brit hum, pong: The reek of rotting vegetation
permeated the atmosphere. 4 fumes, smoke, steam, vapour,
exhalation, cloud, mist: He delighted in the redolent reek that
arose from the haggis.
reel v. 1 stagger, totter, waver, stumble, lurch, falter, roll,
rock, sway, flounder, pitch: Chris came reeling down the lane,
dead drunk. 2 reel off. list, recite, rattle off, enumerate,
review, itemize, name, read off, call off, run through, run
over: Under questioning, the suspect began to reel off the
names of his accomplices.
refer v. 1 Often, refer to. allude to, make reference to, mention,
make mention of, touch on, bring up, advert to, speak of, turn
or call or direct attention to, direct to, point to, indicate,
specify, name, concern, quote, cite, make a note of, take note