S: (v) shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration) "He shortened his trip due to illness"
S: (v) foreshorten (shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth)
S: (v) clip, curtail, cut short (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent) "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
S: (v) syncopate (omit a sound or letter in a word) "syncopate a word"
S: (v) truncate, cut short (make shorter as if by cutting off) "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
S: (v) spill (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))
S: (v) quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
S: (v) retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce) "The company had to retrench"
S: (v) slash (cut drastically) "Prices were slashed"
S: (v) limit, circumscribe, confine to (restrict or confine within limits) "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born"
S: (v) reduce, boil down, concentrate (cook until very little liquid is left) "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
S: (v) shrink, reduce (reduce in size; reduce physically) "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
S: (v) trim (adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used)
Adjective
S: (adj) spare, trim (thin and fit) "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
S: (adj) shipshape, trim, well-kept (of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder) "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
S: (adj) clean-cut, trig, trim (neat and smart in appearance) "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
S: (adj) tailored, trim (severely simple in line or design) "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"