undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature | take off weight |
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | cut down on; make a reduction in |
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | narrow or limit |
change clothes; put on different clothes | cook until very little liquid is left |
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | make smaller |
remove or replace the coverings of | reduce in size; reduce physically |
become deeper in tone | make less complex |
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
give to, and receive from, one another | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture |
| be cooked until very little liquid is left |
| be the essential element |
| destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it |
| undergo meiosis |
| reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site |
| lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation |
| lessen and make more modest |
| simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another |
| bring to humbler or weaker state or condition |
| put down by force or intimidation |