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Noun
The process of abbreviating a text or written work
Fat used in cooking, typically liquid or viscous in consistency
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 to another less severe one
Present participle for to shorten (clothes or fabric)
Present participle for to draw together so as to wrinkle
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Noun
▲
The process of abbreviating a text or written work
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
abbreviation
contraction
curtailment
reduction
retrenchment
condensation
truncation
cutting
clipping
decrease
lessening
reducing
diminution
shrinking
pruning
digest
diminishment
cutting down
cropping
acronym
trimming
summary
cutting short
synopsis
abstract
paring down
short form
epitome
conspectus
compendium
précis
restriction
limitation
shrinkage
abstraction
abbreviature
precis
telescoping
cut
ellipsis
diminishing
trim
initialism
bowdlerization
shearing
summarization
encapsulation
brief
cutback
breviary
docking
essence
curb
guillotine
boildown
crop
decline
lowering
shear
discounting
downsizing
decreasing
contracting
diminutive
elision
clipped form
marking down
snipping
pet form
pet name
nomen deminutivum
shortened form
clip
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
deflating
deflation
shaving off
cutting away
withering
reduction in size
outline
résumé
sketch
syllabus
compression
constricting
rundown
recapitulation
summation
recap
wrap-up
run-through
extract
inventory
roundup
sum
resume
capsule
summa
summing-up
sum-up
review
overview
survey
nutshell
prospectus
analysis
aperçu
report
skeleton
sum and substance
long and short of it
core
pandect
rehash
capitulation
version
summing up
gist
blurb
snapshot
case
notes
brief summary
quick rundown
rough idea
thumbnail sketch
bottom line
abbreviated version
account
draft
US
briefing
record
view
breakdown
plan
sense
scheme
draught
UK
low-down
main features
main points
bare facts
bare bones
description in a nutshell
potted version
round-up
expurgation
compend
dot dot dot
headnote
argument
abbreviating
enumeration
executive summary
key points
round up
general information
tour d'horizon
background information
storyboard
storyline
study
scrutiny
examination
bones
curtailing
abridging
gestalt
inspection
indication
inquiry
US
delineation
assessment
thumbnail
comment
commentary
treatise
audit
blueprint
critique
appraisal
enquiry
UK
capsulization
figure
write-up
rough draft
brief idea
short version
brief description
outline sketch
overall picture
bird's-eye view
idea
glimpse
description
restatement
repetition
more ❯
Noun
▲
Fat used in cooking, typically liquid or viscous in consistency
margarine
butter
fat
lard
suet
grease
tallow
oil
ghee
drippings
animal oil
blubber
spread
oleo
animal fat
butterfat
churned cream
cooking oil
cheese
cream
vegetable fat
dripping
unctiousness
unctuosity
vegetable 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
summarising
UK
synopsizing
epitomizing
US
digesting
paring
epitomising
UK
shearing
outlining
encapsulating
shaving
cutting off
putting in a nutshell
lopping off
removing
nipping
polling
summing up
summating
capsuling
distilling
narrowing
lowering
constricting
axing
recapping
chopping off
mowing
editing
pollarding
taking off
minifying
recapitulating
concentrating
reprising
briefing
compacting
detaching
restricting
limiting
capsulizing
hacking off
slimming down
inventorying
getting to the meat
wrapping up
whittling down
summing
drawing in
tightening
curbing
skimming
severing
bluing pencil
dropping
moderating
amputating
skiving
closing in
getting darker
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
consolidating
restraining
constringing
rounding down
slicing
scrimping
hewing
detruncating
fleecing
topping
reining in
barbering
eliminating
holding back
marking down
downscaling
easing
tempering
slicing off
cutting shorter
bringing down
giving a summary of
shaving off
giving the main points of
nipping off
de-escalating
trimming off
evening up
cutting back on
foreshortening
slimming
deflating
dispensing with
delivering a blow to
bowdlerizing
US
expurgating
conflating
wasting away
checking
economizing
US
economising
UK
bowdlerising
UK
grooming
dissevering
hacking
shaping
neatening
marking off
decapitating
excising
making a outline of
thinning
reaming
stopping short
sawing
taking out
cutting out
compiling
giving main points
running down
running through
clipping off
sketching
collapsing
writing a summary of
expressing
creaming
recording
squeezing
withering
deleting
omitting
confining
nutshelling
capturing
coppicing
giving a synopsis of
giving a precis of
tidying up
paraphrasing
simplifying
assembling
chopping down
annotating
cramping
inhibiting
controlling
halting
giving the gist of
filing off
scraping off
cutting to bone
making reductions in
making cutbacks in
whittling away
thinning out
trimming down
decrementing
gashing
butchering
splicing
incising
putting in words of one syllable
nicking
slitting
getting smaller
becoming smaller
quelling
tapering
depreciating
snicking
notching
separating
shredding
rolling back
making simpler
downgrading
snippeting
snippetting
narrowing down
growing smaller
tightening up
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
snipping off
depressing
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
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
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
telescoping
condensing
constricting
narrowing
deflating
concentrating
squeezing
withering
truncating
slimming
disappearing
paring down
making smaller
growing smaller
wasting away
slimming down
becoming smaller
getting smaller
“A third solution is to
shorten
the tree by cutting off part of the trunk.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce a judicial sentence to another less severe one
commuting
curtailing
cutting
mitigating
modifying
reducing
attenuating
lessening
lightening
limiting
softening
adjusting
alleviating
moderating
remitting
decreasing
scaling down
reducing punishment
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shorten (clothes or fabric)
taking up
hemming
pinning up
gathering up
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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