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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shortened |
| Synonyms: | brief, concise, short, succinct |
| Main Entry: | condensed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concentrated |
| Synonyms: | evaporated, rich, thick, undiluted |
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, press together, précis, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | capsule |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shortened form |
| Synonyms: | abridged, canned, condensed, epitomized, pocket, potted, tabloid |
| Main Entry: | compendious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | abbreviated, breviloquent, brief, close, compact, compendiary, comprehensive, concise, condensed, contracted, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summarized, summary, synoptic |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, lengthened, unabridged |
| Main Entry: | concise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
| Synonyms: | abridged, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compendiary, compendious, compressed, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, lean, marrowy, meaty, pithy, short and sweet, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
| Antonyms: | expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy |
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compressed, thick |
| Synonyms: | close, close-knit, compact, condensed, crammed, crowded, heaped, heavy, impenetrable, jam-packed, jammed, massed, opaque, packed, packed like sardines, piled, solid, substantial, thickset |
| Antonyms: | open, scattered, sparse, thin, uncompressed |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inflexible |
| Synonyms: | close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | flexible, loose, slack, soft, supple, weak, yielding |
| Main Entry: | milk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid produced by mammals |
| Synonyms: | buttermilk, chalk, condensed, cream, evaporated, formula, goat, half-and-half, homogenized, laiche, low fat, moo juice, pasteurized, powdered, raw, skim, two-percent, whole |
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