Verb

• S: (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
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• S: (v) decrease, lessen, minify (make smaller) "He decreased his staff"
• S: (v) suppress (lessen to the point of stopping) "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
• S: (v) mitigate (make less severe or harsh) "mitigating circumstances"
• S: (v) pare, pare down (decrease gradually or bit by bit)
• 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) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
• S: (v) slake, abate, slack (make less active or intense)
• S: (v) turn down, lower, lour (make lower or quieter) "turn down the volume of a radio"
• S: (v) de-escalate, weaken, step down (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of) "de-escalate a crisis"
• S: (v) minimize, minimise (make small or insignificant) "Let's minimize the risk"
• S: (v) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
• S: (v) cut (have a reducing effect) "This cuts into my earnings"
• S: (v) slack, slacken, slack up, relax (make less active or fast) "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
• S: (v) diminish, belittle (lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of) "don't belittle your colleagues"
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• W: (v) expand [Opposed to: contract] (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing) "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
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• S: (v) foreshorten (shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth)
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