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Reduces
- verb - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
- be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
- cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
- cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
- make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
- make smaller; "reduce an image"
- narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
Reefers
- noun - 1. Marijuana, especially a marijuana cigarette.
2. A conveyance, such as a railroad car or truck trailer, that carries cargo under refrigeration.
3. A refrigerator.
- Double-breasted jacket
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- The midshipman who is responsible onboard a sailing ship for 'reefing' of the sails. Reefing means reducing the sails in size.
Reelers
- noun - a dancer of reels
- someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
Refaces
- verb - provide with a new facing; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones"
- put a new facing on (a garment)
Refills
- noun - a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"
- a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill"
- fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
Refines
- verb -
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying;
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
- make more complex, intricate, or richer;
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of;
Refocus
- verb - focus anew; "The group needs to refocus its goals"
- focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- put again into focus or focus more sharply; "refocus the image until it is very sharp"
Reforms
- noun - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
- a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
- break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
- change for the better;
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
- produce by cracking; "reform gas"
- self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
Refuels
- verb - provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars
- take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car
Refuges
- noun - a safe place; "He ran to safety"
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"