| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shorter; abridge |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat, inventory, methodize, nutshell, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim |
Antonyms: |
detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
Synonyms: |
boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, decrease |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, blue pencil, bob, boil down, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut to the bone, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, make a long story short, minimize, put in a nutshell, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim |
Antonyms: |
amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
abridged, analectic, compendious, condensed, curtailed, minified, synoptic, truncated
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