abridge-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: abridge
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

foreshorten-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: foreshorten
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

abbreviate-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: abbreviate
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

shorten-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: shorten
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

cut-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: cut
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

contract-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: contract
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

reduce-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: reduce
sense: 00244786-v
part of speech: verb

00244786-v
type: LexicalConcept
in scheme: en-word.net
definition: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
example: The manuscript must be shortened
ili: i22937
lexfile: verb.change
part of speech: verb
hypernym: 00442400-v
similar: 00202086-v