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Verb
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"
verb group
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full troponym
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)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
sentence frame
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"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
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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)
thin out
(make sparse)
"thin out the young plants"
S:
(v)
snip
,
clip
,
crop
,
trim
,
lop
,
dress
,
prune
,
cut back
(cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)
"dress the plants in the garden"
S:
(v)
shear
(cut with shears)
"shear hedges"
S:
(v)
poll
,
pollard
(convert into a pollard)
"pollard trees"
S:
(v)
top
,
pinch
(cut the top off)
"top trees and bushes"
S:
(v)
tail
(remove the stalk of fruits or berries)
S:
(v)
disbud
(thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)
S:
(v)
thin
(make thin or thinner)
"Thin the solution"
S:
(v)
take away
,
detract
(take away a part from; diminish)
"His bad manners detract from his good character"
S:
(v)
deflate
(reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
"deflate the currency"
S:
(v)
inflate
(increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
"inflate the currency"
S:
(v)
downsize
((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)
"the company downsized its research staff"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
sentence frame
S:
(v)
subtract
(take off or away)
"this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
S:
(v)
shave
,
knock off
(cut the price of)
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
mark down
(reduce the price of)
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full troponym
S:
(v)
discount
(give a reduction in price on)
"I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
S:
(v)
allow
(grant as a discount or in exchange)
"The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
S:
(v)
rebate
(give a reduction in the price during a sale)
"The store is rebating refrigerators this week"
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inherited hypernym
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antonym
sentence frame
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
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)
shorten
(make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
cause
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
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)
thin out
(make sparse)
"thin out the young plants"
S:
(v)
thin
(make thin or thinner)
"Thin the solution"
S:
(v)
take away
,
detract
(take away a part from; diminish)
"His bad manners detract from his good character"
S:
(v)
deflate
(reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
"deflate the currency"
S:
(v)
inflate
(increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
"inflate the currency"
S:
(v)
downsize
((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)
"the company downsized its research staff"
S:
(v)
subtract
(take off or away)
"this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
sentence frame
S:
(v)
shave
,
knock off
(cut the price of)
sentence frame
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame