Reduction (4) Crossword Clue

(noun)

1. the act of dropping something
2. a central depository where things can be left or picked up
3. a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
4. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
5. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
6. a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
7. a steep high face of rock
8. a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
9. a shape that is spherical and small

(verb)

1. give birth; used for animals
2. grow worse
3. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
4. stop pursuing or acting
5. lower the pitch of (musical notes)
6. go down in value
7. change from one level to another
8. leave undone or leave out
9. omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
10. utter with seeming casualness
11. lose (a game)
12. take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
13. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
14. remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
15. get rid of
16. let or cause to fall in drops
17. to fall vertically
18. let fall to the ground
19. fall or descend to a lower place or level
20. pay out
21. terminate an association with
22. stop associating with
23. hang freely

(noun)

1. the act of reducing complexity
2. the act of decreasing or reducing something
3. 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