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) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate) "bowdlerize a novel"
• S: (v) digest, condense, concentrate (make more concise) "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
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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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