Synset:abbreviate contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten
Examples:
- The manuscript must be shortened
Antonyms:expand
Derivationally Related Form:abridgementshortenerabridgercontractionabbreviator
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:abridgedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:bowdlerisebowdlerizecastrateconcentratecondensedigestexpurgateshorten
Full Troponyms:bowdlerizedigestencapsulatetelescope
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: abridge)