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Noun
The process of abbreviating something
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk)
Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy
Verb
Present participle for to reduce or shorten in extent or duration
Present participle for to create a summary of
Present participle for to make or become shorter
Present participle for to reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one
Present participle for to render comprehensible or understandable
Present participle for to fix, correct, revise or improve (a text or document)
Present participle for to shorten (clothes or fabric)
Present participle for dehydrate, dry up
Present participle for to draw together so as to wrinkle
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Noun
▲
The process of abbreviating something
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
abbreviation
contraction
curtailment
reduction
retrenchment
condensation
lessening
digest
cutting
abstract
summary
synopsis
shrinking
truncation
decrease
clipping
compendium
diminution
conspectus
precis
cutting down
pruning
outline
diminishing
epitome
sketch
précis
telescoping
bowdlerization
cropping
brief
ellipsis
trimming
paring down
reducing
cutting short
compression
tightening
condensing
contracting
restriction
constricting
limitation
shrinkage
abbreviating
decreasing
narrowing
abstraction
abbreviature
breviary
cut
acronym
trim
shearing
short form
lowering
summarization
encapsulation
thinning
tapering
initialism
discounting
compressing
dieting
downsizing
cutback
restricting
consolidation
compend
marking down
review
recapitulation
round-up
rundown
recap
summing-up
essence
docking
diminishment
curb
guillotine
boildown
shortened version
concise version
abridged version
crop
shear
clipped form
snipping
clip
constriction
shaving off
cutting away
compacting
decline
squeezing
dwindling
squeeze
compaction
tensing
downtick
shrivelling
UK
elision
deflating
merging
evaporation
evaporating
omission
deflation
withdrawing
combining
withdrawal
curtailing
omitting
receding
withering
recession
confinement
lopping
abridging
confining
shriveling
US
drawing in
reduction in size
drawing together
résumé
syllabus
shortcut
constraint
impediment
stricture
check
condition
choking
binding
limit
summation
inventory
wrap-up
roundup
sum
summa
resume
capsule
run-through
sum-up
potted version
description in a nutshell
dot dot dot
concentration
pressing
crushing
blockage
cramp
tightness
pressure
stenosis
restraint
obstruction
congestion
straitening
strangulation
argument
overview
straitjacket
fetter
circumscription
control
gist
bottleneck
enumeration
nutshell
extract
bar
obstacle
demarcation
barrier
handicap
draft
US
snapshot
account
plan
storyboard
blurb
briefing
storyline
prospectus
astringency
boundary
analysis
scheme
skeleton
core
bones
breakdown
summing up
main points
rough draft
bare facts
record
brief idea
bare bones
quick rundown
draught
UK
short version
brief description
sum and substance
aperçu
main features
report
notes
rough idea
brief summary
bottom line
low-down
long and short of it
abbreviated version
more ❯
Noun
▲
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk)
margarine
butter
fat
lard
suet
oil
ghee
oleo
spread
butterfat
churned cream
Noun
▲
Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy
lard
grease
oil
ghee
tallow
blubber
drippings
animal oil
butter
animal fat
fat
dripping
suet
unctuosity
vegetable oil
margarine
unctiousness
cooking oil
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce or shorten in extent or duration
cutting
reducing
abbreviating
trimming
condensing
curtailing
truncating
pruning
clipping
contracting
cropping
docking
decreasing
lessening
diminishing
shrinking
compressing
snipping
lopping
chopping
bobbing
downsizing
slashing
eliding
syncopating
telescoping
dwindling
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
retrenching
excerpting
cutting back
cutting down
cutting short
boiling down
paring down
making shorter
getting shorter
taking up
cutting to the bone
turning up
abridging
summarizing
US
abstracting
synopsizing
summarising
UK
epitomizing
US
digesting
epitomising
UK
paring
shearing
shaving
encapsulating
outlining
lopping off
putting in a nutshell
cutting off
nipping
polling
removing
summing up
summating
distilling
narrowing
lowering
capsuling
recapping
pollarding
taking off
constricting
mowing
minifying
concentrating
chopping off
recapitulating
restricting
limiting
hacking off
reprising
briefing
detaching
editing
slimming down
axing
inventorying
getting to the meat
whittling down
wrapping up
drawing in
summing
curbing
skimming
capsulizing
compacting
bluing pencil
dropping
moderating
severing
skiving
closing in
getting darker
tightening
consolidating
restraining
rounding down
detruncating
slicing
topping
hewing
reining in
barbering
fleecing
amputating
holding back
marking down
downscaling
easing
tempering
cutting shorter
bringing down
shaving off
giving the main points of
nipping off
de-escalating
giving a summary of
trimming off
evening up
cutting back on
foreshortening
slimming
deflating
zipping
dispensing with
delivering a blow to
bowdlerizing
US
expurgating
conflating
wasting away
hacking
checking
economizing
US
economising
UK
bowdlerising
UK
shaping
neatening
marking off
decapitating
sawing
dissevering
making a outline of
thinning
reaming
stopping short
excising
taking out
cutting out
compiling
giving main points
running down
running through
capturing
writing a summary of
shrivelling
UK
scrimping
constringing
shriveling
US
grooming
creaming
slicing off
clipping off
expressing
recording
sketching
coppicing
deleting
eliminating
omitting
confining
tidying up
nutshelling
chopping down
giving the gist of
cramping
inhibiting
controlling
halting
filing off
scraping off
thinning out
trimming down
decrementing
making reductions in
making cutbacks in
whittling away
cutting to bone
giving a synopsis of
giving a precis of
gashing
quelling
tapering
depreciating
incising
rolling back
nicking
slitting
downgrading
snicking
notching
separating
tightening up
shredding
lightening
breaking off
shedding
reining back
putting the brakes on
putting a restriction on
putting a limit on
abating
stepping down
letting up
phasing out
tailing off
depressing
snipping off
depleting
cutting into
putting down
impairing
weakening
reducing greatly
denting
diluting
getting rid of
tonsuring
disengaging
turning down
making less
toning down
making fewer
cutting down on
winding down
knocking down
altering
gathering
taking in
cutting into a bob
attenuating
scaling down
tapering off
dropping off
dialing down
mitigating
declining
ebbing
sinking
easing off
taking down
stripping
rationing
breaking
whittling
waning
knocking off
slackening
eroding
alleviating
devaluating
petering out
couching
relaxing
trimming back
slowing down
styling
filing
scything
gutting
razoring
damping down
subduing
stifling
manicuring
removing from
making bare
pinching back
sickling
devaluing
cheapening
undervaluing
demoting
causing to fall
easing up on
writing down
peeling
skinning
flaying
scraping
excoriating
decorticating
carving
scalping
repressing
fragmenting
stripping off
peeling off
subsiding
chiseling
US
chiselling
UK
paring off
falling
fading
growing less
cracking
splintering
flaking
crumbling
relenting
receding
remitting
splitting
slivering
getting less
growing smaller
desisting
dying down
dropping away
quietening
palling
flagging
dying off
hackling
going down
slumping
plummetting
nosediving
plummeting
coming down
draining away
ratcheting down
taking the bite out
blurring
slacking up
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taking the sting out
dying away
closing
draining
becoming smaller
phasing down
falling away
dying out
chipping
blemishing
spalling
cutting away
cracking off
casting down
drying up
amortising
UK
degrading
extenuating
amortizing
US
taking the edge off
qualifying
making smaller
more ❯
“The ministry will
shorten
the permit processing to less than seven working days from the current 16 days.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to create a summary of
summarising
UK
summarizing
US
synopsizing
abridging
digesting
abstracting
outlining
editing
sketching
summing up
giving a summary of
giving an outline of
giving a precis of
giving a synopsis of
putting in a nutshell
giving an abstract of
bluing pencil
giving a digest of
making a long story short
recapping
recapitulating
encapsulating
epitomizing
US
condensing
reviewing
briefing
reprising
pruning
compiling
paring
skimming
snipping
trimming
retrograding
summating
ciphering
rehashing
summing
cutting
inventorying
epitomising
UK
wrapping up
boiling down
going over
getting to the meat
cutting down
giving main points
making a summary of
cutting back
giving a rundown of
giving the gist of
giving the main points of
running through
running down
abbreviating
describing
delineating
characterizing
US
indicating
drafting
adumbrating
capsulizing
characterising
UK
touching on
telling about
laying out
skeletonizing
making an outline of
skeletoning
giving a quick rundown on
giving a rough idea
giving a rough idea of
giving a thumbnail sketch of
more ❯
“The next challenge is to
shorten
the document to focus on the excerpts most relevant to the essential question.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make or become shorter
shrinking
contracting
compressing
downsizing
getting shorter
growing shorter
condensing
constricting
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
deflating
squeezing
withering
growing smaller
becoming smaller
getting smaller
reducing
diminishing
decreasing
compacting
collapsing
dwindling
curtailing
tightening
lessening
receding
ebbing
capsulizing
capsuling
abating
constringing
declining
waning
subsiding
scrimping
weakening
wasting
evaporating
falling away
taking in
growing less
narrowing down
falling off
losing ground
narrowing
concentrating
truncating
slimming
disappearing
paring down
making smaller
wasting away
slimming down
more ❯
“A third solution is to
shorten
the tree by cutting off part of the trunk.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one
commuting
curtailing
cutting
mitigating
modifying
reducing
attenuating
lessening
lightening
limiting
adjusting
alleviating
moderating
remitting
decreasing
scaling down
softening
reducing punishment
Verb
▲
Present participle for to render comprehensible or understandable
making simpler
abridging
making easier
making straightforward
reducing to the bare bones
simplifying
streamlining
interpreting
explaining
elucidating
clarifying
illustrating
illuminating
unriddling
construing
explicating
expounding
demystifying
demonstrating
clearing up
spelling out
getting across
getting to the meat
deciphering
analyzing
US
cutting down
putting in a nutshell
breaking it down
making perfectly clear
chastening
making easy
unscrambling
making clear
cutting the frills
facilitating
cleaning it up
letting daylight in
letting sunlight in
cleaning up
ordering
drawing a picture
disinvolving
laying out
hitting the high spots
putting one straight
analysing
UK
getting down to basics
breaking down
boiling down
reducing
making plain
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
unfolding
untangling
describing
defining
decoding
revealing
translating
resolving
glossing
enlightening
sorting out
pointing out
throwing light on
showing
annotating
delineating
disclosing
telling
commenting on
straightening out
shedding light on
putting in plain English
working out
going into detail
putting across
rendering
solving
expanding
clearing
exemplifying
developing
enucleating
specifying
characterizing
US
detailing
educating
diagramming
diagraming
uncovering
exposing
characterising
UK
making explicit
puzzling out
experimenting with
running over
drawing a picture of
figuring out
fleshing out
making obvious
giving the details of
disentangling
getting to the bottom of
disembroiling
discoursing
commenting
summarizing
US
setting forth
emphasizing
US
talking about
giving a commentary on
expanding on
paraphrasing
justifying
drawing a map of
filling someone in
throwing light upon
clueing in
explaining in simple terms
rewording
emphasising
UK
proclaiming
allegorizing
summarising
UK
marking
rephrasing
edifying
summing up
bringing home
making intelligible
discussing
setting the scene
guiding
briefing
spelling it out
declaring
reporting
shedding light
expressing in words
teaching
painting a picture
putting into words
laying bare
enunciating
exhibiting
putting in plain words
defogging
giving an explanation of
communicating
expatiating
getting over
pointing up
amplifying
converting
appraising
dilating
criticizing
US
illumining
rationalizing
US
criticising
UK
restating
recasting
settling
rationalising
UK
expressing
instructing
informing
formulating
putting in the picture
casting light on
giving insight
giving insight into
explicitizing
metaphrasing
transposing
highlighting
enlarging upon
running down
giving the big picture
putting into plain English
telling why
proving
shedding
clearing the air about
getting something straight
making simple
clearing the air
doing into
stating in layman's language
cracking
answering
fathoming
making see daylight
straightening up
expounding on
understanding
making easier to understand
finding a solution to
removing the complexities from
making head or tail of
sussing out
finding the key to
finding the solution to
making more comprehensible
piecing together
finding the answer to
making more intelligible
making plainer
finding an answer to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fix, correct, revise or improve (a text or document)
editing
revising
correcting
adapting
checking
improving
polishing
redrafting
rewriting
condensing
emending
rephrasing
reworking
censoring
assembling
cutting
modifying
redacting
rewording
abridging
annotating
rescripting
revamping
approving
altering
amending
amplifying
analysing
UK
analyzing
US
assigning
blue-pencilling
blue-penciling
butchering
changing
compiling
composing
deleting
discarding
drafting
excising
featuring
fine-tuning
finishing
massaging
preparing
prescribing
proofreading
publishing
recalibrating
rectifying
refining
regulating
rehashing
reporting
retouching
scrubbing
splicing
styling
tightening
trimming
cleaning up
ironing out
boiling down
checking over
fixing up
flying speck
going over
making up
setting up
striking out
tidying up
writing over
preparing for publication
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shorten (clothes or fabric)
taking up
hemming
pinning up
gathering up
Verb
▲
Present participle for dehydrate, dry up
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
dehydrating
desiccating
shrinking
wilting
withering
wrinkling
burning
dwindling
frazzling
parching
scorching
searing
wizening
blasting
contracting
exsiccating
fossilising
UK
fossilizing
US
mummifying
mummying
staling
telescoping
weltering
drying up
puckering up
curling up
wasting away
Verb
▲
Present participle for to draw together so as to wrinkle
contracting
knitting
wrinkling
narrowing
puckering
pursing
tightening
corrugating
creasing
crinkling
crumpling
furrowing
gathering
rumpling
drawing together
screwing up
scrunching up
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