become separated into pieces or fragments | take off weight |
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | cut down on; make a reduction in |
arrange or order by classes or categories | narrow or limit |
mark as different | cook until very little liquid is left |
move or break apart | 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 |
force, take, or pull apart | make smaller |
divide into components or constituents | reduce in size; reduce physically |
go one's own way; move apart | make less complex |
make a division or separation | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
treat differently on the basis of sex or race | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture |
separate into parts or portions | be cooked until very little liquid is left |
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | be the essential element |
act as a barrier between; stand between | 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 |