- abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
--1 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- foreshorten - shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
--2 is one way to shorten
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something