vverb.contactcrush together or collapseExamples:- In the accident, the cars telescoped
- my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
Hypernyms:crush mash squash squeeze squelch
Inherited Hypernyms:telescopesquashpresstouch
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changemake smaller or shorterExamples:- the novel was telescoped into a short play
Hypernyms:concentrate condense digest
Inherited Hypernyms:telescopedigestabridgedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allshortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into anotherSynset:shortened
Examples:- a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
- years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
Antonyms:long
Inherited Hypernyms:telescoped
Similar to:short