Reduce
English Meaning
To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
- To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease.
- To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially:
- To gain control of; conquer: "a design to reduce them under absolute despotism” ( Declaration of Independence).
- To subject to destruction: Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.
- To weaken bodily: was reduced almost to emaciation.
- To sap the spirit or mental energy of.
- To compel to desperate acts: The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.
- To lower in rank or grade. See Synonyms at demote.
- To powder or pulverize.
- To thin (paint) with a solvent.
- To lower the price of: The store has drastically reduced winter coats.
- To put in order or arrange systematically.
- To separate into orderly components by analysis.
- Chemistry To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.
- Chemistry To remove oxygen from (a compound).
- Chemistry To add hydrogen to (a compound).
- Chemistry To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt.
- Mathematics To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value.
- Medicine To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position.
- To become diminished.
- To lose weight, as by dieting.
- Biology To undergo meiosis.
Examples | ഉദാഹരണങ്ങൾ
The below examples are taken from The Holy Bible.
Exodus 5:8
And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, "Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
à´Žà´™àµà´•à´¿à´²àµà´‚ ഇഷàµà´Ÿà´¿à´•à´¯àµà´Ÿàµ† കണകൂ à´®àµà´®àµà´ªà´¿à´²à´¤àµà´¤àµ†à´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´²àµ† തനàµà´¨àµ‡ അവരàµà´Ÿàµ† മേൽ à´šàµà´®à´¤àµà´¤àµ‡à´£à´‚; à´’à´Ÿàµà´Ÿàµà´‚ à´•àµà´±àµ†à´•àµà´•à´°àµà´¤àµ. അവർ മടിയനàµà´®à´¾àµ¼; à´…à´¤àµà´•àµŠà´£àµà´Ÿà´¾à´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ: à´žà´™àµà´™àµ¾ പോയി à´žà´™àµà´™à´³àµà´Ÿàµ† ദൈവതàµà´¤à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµ യാഗം à´•à´´à´¿à´•àµà´•à´Ÿàµà´Ÿàµ† à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ നിലവിളികàµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨à´¤àµ.
Exodus 5:11
Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced."'
നിങàµà´™àµ¾ തനàµà´¨àµ‡ പോയി à´•à´¿à´Ÿàµà´Ÿàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ‡à´Ÿà´¤àµà´¤àµà´¨à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµ വൈകàµà´•àµ‹àµ½ ശേഖരിപàµà´ªà´¿àµ» ; à´Žà´™àµà´•à´¿à´²àµà´‚ നിങàµà´™à´³àµà´Ÿàµ† വേലയിൽ à´’à´Ÿàµà´Ÿàµà´‚ à´•àµà´±àµ†à´•àµà´•à´¯à´¿à´²àµà´² à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഫറവോൻ à´•à´²àµà´ªà´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ പറഞàµà´žàµ.
Exodus 5:19
And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble after it was said, "You shall not reduce any bricks from your daily quota."
ദിവസംതോറàµà´®àµà´³àµà´³ ഇഷàµà´Ÿà´¿à´•à´•àµà´•à´£à´•àµà´•à´¿àµ½ à´’à´¨àµà´¨àµà´‚ à´•àµà´±àµ†à´•àµà´•à´°àµà´¤àµ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ à´•à´²àµà´ªà´¿à´šàµà´šà´ªàµà´ªàµ‹àµ¾ തങàµà´™àµ¾ വിഷമതàµà´¤à´¿à´²à´¾à´¯à´¿ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ യിസàµà´°à´¾à´¯àµ‡àµ½à´®à´•àµà´•à´³àµà´Ÿàµ† à´ªàµà´°à´¾à´®à´£à´¿à´•àµ¾ à´•à´£àµà´Ÿàµ.
Proverbs 6:26
For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
വേശàµà´¯à´¾à´¸àµà´¤àµà´°àµ€à´¨à´¿à´®à´¿à´¤àµà´¤à´‚ പെറàµà´•àµà´•à´¿à´¤àµà´¤à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµ‡à´£àµà´Ÿà´¿à´µà´°àµà´‚; à´µàµà´¯à´à´¿à´šà´¾à´°à´¿à´£à´¿ വിലയേറിയ ജീവനെ വേടàµà´Ÿà´¯à´¾à´Ÿàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Zephaniah 2:11
The LORD will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations.
യഹോവ അവരോടൠà´à´¯à´™àµà´•à´°à´¨à´¾à´¯à´¿à´°à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´‚; അവൻ à´àµ‚മിയിലെ സകലദേവനàµà´®à´¾à´°àµ†à´¯àµà´‚ à´•àµà´·à´¯à´¿à´ªàµà´ªà´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´‚; ജാതികളàµà´Ÿàµ† സകല à´¦àµà´µàµ€à´ªàµà´•à´³àµà´‚ അതതൠസàµà´¥à´²à´¤àµà´¤àµà´¨à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµ അവനെ നമസàµà´•à´°à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´‚;
Isaiah 25:5
You will reduce the noise of aliens, As heat in a dry place; As heat in the shadow of a cloud, The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.
വരണàµà´Ÿ നിലതàµà´¤à´¿à´²àµ† ഉഷàµà´£à´¤àµà´¤àµ†à´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´²àµ† നീ à´…à´¨àµà´¯à´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµà´Ÿàµ† ആരവതàµà´¤àµ† à´…à´Ÿà´•àµà´•à´¿à´•àµà´•à´³à´¯àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ; മേഘതàµà´¤à´¿à´¨àµà´±àµ† തണൽകൊണàµà´Ÿàµ ഉഷàµà´£à´‚ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨à´ªàµ‹à´²àµ† നിഷàµà´•à´£àµà´Ÿà´•à´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµà´Ÿàµ† പാടàµà´Ÿàµ à´’à´¤àµà´™àµà´™à´¿à´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´•àµà´‚.