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| Main Entry: | pare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel, trim |
| Synonyms: | carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, prune, reduce, scrape, shave, shear, skin, slash, strip, thin, uncover, mark down, scalp, skive |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | crop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, trim off |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, curtail, detach, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snip, top, truncate, detruncate, pollard, skive |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
| Synonyms: | blister, chip, drop, exfoliate, pare, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, delaminate, desquamate, scab, wear away |
| Main Entry: | lop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trim |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, prune, shear, snip, truncate, pare down |
| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, uncover, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, tear off |
| Notes: | rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges, grapefruit, and watermelon; once removed, skin or rind is usually known as peel |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | shave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut outer covering off |
| Synonyms: | barber, brush, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, graze, kiss, pare, peel, plane, prune, shear, shred, skim, skin, slash, sliver, strip, touch, trim, make bare, shingle, slice thin |
| Main Entry: | shear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clip, cut |
| Synonyms: | crop, cut back, fleece, groom, mow, pare, prune, shave, shorten, snip, trim |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove outer covering |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bare, bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, flay, gall, graze, hull, husk, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, strip, trim, lay bare, scalp, slough |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | summarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a rundown |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, cipher, compile, condense, cut, cut back, cut down, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, outline, pare, précis, prune*, recapitulate, rehash*, retrograde, review, run down*, run through*, shorten, skim, snip, sum, sum up, trim, boil down*, get to meat, give main points, put in a nutshell, recap, summate, synopsize |
| Antonyms: | break down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truncate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut off, cut short, lop, pare, prune, shear, top, trim |
| Antonyms: | elongate, expand, lengthen, stretch |
| Main Entry: | whittle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut away at; reduce |
| Synonyms: | carve, chip, consume, decrease, diminish, erode, fashion, form, hew, lessen, model, mold, pare, shape, shave, trim, undermine, eat away, sculpt, wear away |
| Antonyms: | build, increase |
| Main Entry: | cut back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, check, clip, curb, curtail, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, lower, pare, prune, reduce, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, trim, mark down, mark off |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, pare, prune, reduce, summarize, trim, boil down*, get to the meat, put in a nutshell, take out |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short |
| Synonyms: | bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snip, trim, truncate, skive |
| Antonyms: | lengthen |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less; decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, bankrupt, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, impair, impoverish, lessen, lower, moderate, pare, rebate, recede, ruin, shave, shorten, slash, slim, step down, taper, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, bant, go on a diet, lose weight, mark down, nutshell, pauperize, roll back, scale down, slow down, take off weight, taper off, wind down |
| Antonyms: | expand, extend, grow, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | scrape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scratch, remove outer layer |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, chafe, clean, erase, file, grate, graze, grind, irritate, pare, peel, rasp, rub, scour, shave, skin, squeak, thin, triturate, scuff |
| Antonyms: | smoothe |
| Main Entry: | trim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut shorter |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, barber, bob, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, lop, mow, pare, plane, prune, shave, shear, shorten, snip, tidy, truncate, blue pencil, boil down*, even up, pare down, put in a nutshell, slice off, whittle down |
| Antonyms: | develop, let grow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce, minimize |
| Synonyms: | abate, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, decry, deflate, demote, depreciate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, downsize, lessen, moderate, pare, prune, shave, slash, soften, tone down, undervalue, write off, de-escalate, devaluate, mark down, roll back, scale down |
| Antonyms: | elevate, heighten, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | slash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce greatly |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, drop, hack, lower, pare, retrench, shave, shorten, mark down |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove the upper part |
| Synonyms: | amputate, cream, crop, curtail, cut off, decapitate, dock, pare, prune, shear, shorten, skim, trim, truncate, detruncate, file off, lop off, pollard, ream, scrape off, shave off |
| Antonyms: | add, replace |
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