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| 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: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amputate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove a limb |
| Synonyms: | cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate, cut away |
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
| Synonyms: | cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack, axe, hackle |
| 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: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, reduce, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, boil down, get to meat, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, roll back |
| Antonyms: | extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | lessen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, reduce |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, amputate, attenuate, clip, close, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decline, decrease, degrade, dilute, diminish, downsize, drain, dwindle, ease, erode, impair, lighten, minimize, mitigate, moderate, narrow, shrink, slacken, soft-pedal*, taper, thin, truncate, weaken, become smaller, de-escalate, die down, grow less, minify, roll back, slack up, slow down, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out, taper off, wind down |
| Notes: | lessen means to decrease in size, extent, or range, while a lesson is a unit of instruction |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, extend, increase, raise, strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | maim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cripple, put out of action |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, break, castrate, crush, damage, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, disqualify, hack, hamstring*, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, mangle, mar, massacre, maul, mayhem, mutilate, spoil, truncate, warp, wound, gimp, hog-tie |
| Antonyms: | aid, cure, heal, help, repair |
* = 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: | 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: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short an activity |
| Synonyms: | abort, curtail, restrict, truncate, stop short |
| Antonyms: | expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| 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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