elide /ē- or i-līdˈ/

1. To cut off (esp a syllable in verse)
2. To suppress or abridge
3. To rebut (archaic)

elision /i-lizhˈən/ noun

1. The suppression of a vowel or syllable
2. An omission

• pick out
• pick over
• pickpocket
• pickpockets
• pick-purse
• pick-purses
• picks
• pick someone's brains
• pick-teeth
• pick-thank
• pick-thanks
• pick the eyes out of
• pick-tooth
• pick to pieces
• pick up
• pick-up
• pick-up head
• pick up on
• pick-ups
• pick up the pieces
• pick up the tab
• pick-up truck
• Pickwickian
• picky
• pick-your-own