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reducement | reducent | reducer | reducible | reducibleness | reducing | reducing agent | reducing diet | reduct | reductant | reductase

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reducing

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Verb (usu participle)

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re=duc=ing

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun reducing has 2 senses

reducing(n = noun.process) reduction - any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent; Array

is a kind of chemical reaction, reaction

Derived form verb reduce₁₀

reducing(n = noun.process) Array - loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"

Derived form verb reduce₂₀

CIDE DICTIONARY

reducing, a & n.

a & n. from Reduce. [1913 Webster]

Reducing furnace (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. -- Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. -- Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.

THESAURUS

reducing

abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, calorie-counting, chastening, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, diminishing, dulling, easing, lessening, mitigating, relaxing, slenderizing, slimming, softening, subduing, tempering, weight-watching

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