(reduce gradually)

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• reduce */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈdjuːs] / US [rɪˈdus] verb [transitive] Word forms reduce : present tense I/you/we/they reduce he/she/it reduces present participle reducing past tense reduced past participle reduced 1) to make something smaller or less in size, amount,… …   English dictionary

• reduce — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, markedly, severely, sharply, significantly, substantially ▪ su …   Collocations dictionary

• gradually — adv. Gradually is used with these verbs: ↑abandon, ↑absorb, ↑accumulate, ↑adjust, ↑begin, ↑cease, ↑change, ↑climb, ↑cool, ↑cut, ↑dawn, ↑decline, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• reduce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. diminish, lessen, curtail, lower; allay, alleviate; set (a fracture); demote, abase, subjugate, subdue; diet, slenderize. See decrease, contraction, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less]… …   English dictionary for students

• wear — I. /wɛə / (say wair) verb (wore, worn, wearing) –verb (t) 1. to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a watch; to wear a disguise. 2. to have or use on a person… …  

• slack off — {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed./ 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. * /The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• slack off — {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed./ 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. * /The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Nam Theun II Hydropower Project — Nam Theun II or NT2 is a hydropower project under construction on the Nam Theun river in Laos, with commissioning planned for 2009. The scheme will divert water from the Nam Theun, a tributary of the Mekong River, to the Xe Bang Fai river, with… …   Wikipedia

• Nam Theun 2 Dam — Nam Theun 2 …   Wikipedia

• taper — taper1 taperer, n. taperingly, adv. /tay peuhr/, v.i. 1. to become smaller or thinner toward one end. 2. to grow gradually lean. v.t. 3. to make gradually smaller toward one end. 4. to reduce gradually. 5. taper off …   Universalium

• taper — I ta•per [[t]ˈteɪ pər[/t]] v. i. 1) to become smaller or thinner toward one end 2) to grow gradually lean 3) to make gradually smaller toward one end 4) to reduce gradually 5) phv taper off a) to become gradually more slender toward one end b) to …   From formal English to slang