Reduce
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair. To lose weight. To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. To bring to an inferior state or condition. To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off. To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen. To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter. To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value. To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").
Example sentence: A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.
Thin
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Slim, narrow in size, and (of a person or animal) usually carrying little fat.Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.Scarce.Overly strict.Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make thin or thinnerTo become thin or thinnerTo dilute
Example sentence: There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.