| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, boil down, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, reduce, summarize, take out, trim |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate |
| Antonyms: | extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shorter; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat, inventory, methodize, nutshell, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim |
| Antonyms: | detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | simplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make easy, intelligible |
| Synonyms: | abridge, analyze, boil down, break down, break it down, chasten, clarify, clean it up, clean up, clear up, cut down, cut the frills, decipher, disentangle, disinvolve, draw a picture, elucidate, explain, facilitate, get down to basics, get to the meat, hit the high spots, interpret, lay out, let daylight in, let sunlight in, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, order, put in a nutshell, put one straight, reduce, shorten, spell out, streamline, unscramble |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | summarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a rundown |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, boil down, cipher, compile, condense, cut, cut back, cut down, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, get to meat, give main points, inventory, outline, pare, prune, précis, put in a nutshell, recap, recapitulate, rehash, retrograde, review, run down, run through, shorten, skim, snip, sum, sum up, summate, synopsize, trim |
| Antonyms: | break down |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
abridged, analectic, compendious, condensed, curtailed, minified, synoptic, truncated
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