To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising

• truncate

  1. To shorten or reduce:
  2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
  3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

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  1. To shorten or reduce:
  2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
  3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

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• trim

  1. To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
  2. To remove the excess or unwanted parts from:
  3. To remove (excess or unwanted parts):

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  1. To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
  2. To remove the excess or unwanted parts from:
  3. To remove (excess or unwanted parts):

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• slash

  1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes:
  2. To make a gash or gashes in.
  3. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:

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  1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes:
  2. To make a gash or gashes in.
  3. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:

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• shear

  1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
  2. To remove the hair or fleece from.
  3. To cut with or as if with shears:

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  1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
  2. To remove the hair or fleece from.
  3. To cut with or as if with shears:

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• prune

  1. The partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of the common plum, Prunus domestica.
  2. Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling.
  3. An ill-tempered, stupid, or incompetent person.

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  1. The partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of the common plum, Prunus domestica.
  2. Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling.
  3. An ill-tempered, stupid, or incompetent person.

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• pare

  1. To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument:
  2. To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving:
  3. To reduce, as in quantity or size; trim:

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  1. To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument:
  2. To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving:
  3. To reduce, as in quantity or size; trim:

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• lower

  1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
  2. To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
  3. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.

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  1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
  2. To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
  3. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.

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• cut down

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  2. To bring down by cutting.
  3. (idiomatic) To insult, to belittle.

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  1. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  2. To bring down by cutting.
  3. (idiomatic) To insult, to belittle.

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• cut back

  1. (intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
  2. (intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
  3. (intransitive with on) To reduce consumption.

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  1. (intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
  2. (intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
  3. (intransitive with on) To reduce consumption.

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• cut

  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
  3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:

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  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
  3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:

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• crop

  1. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group:
  2. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place:
  3. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time:

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  1. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group:
  2. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place:
  3. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time:

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• clip

  1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
  2. To make shorter by cutting; trim:
  3. To cut off the edge of:

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  1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
  2. To make shorter by cutting; trim:
  3. To cut off the edge of:

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• chop

  1. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax:
  2. To shape or form by chopping:
  3. To cut into small pieces:

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  1. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax:
  2. To shape or form by chopping:
  3. To cut into small pieces:

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To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly

• wilt

  1. To become limp or flaccid; droop:
  2. To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly:
  3. To cause to droop or lose freshness:

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  1. To become limp or flaccid; droop:
  2. To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly:
  3. To cause to droop or lose freshness:

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• slouch

  1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping posture.
  2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
  3. To cause to droop; stoop.

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  1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping posture.
  2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
  3. To cause to droop; stoop.

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• sag

  1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
  2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience:
  3. To decline, as in value or price:

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  1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
  2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience:
  3. To decline, as in value or price:

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• loll

  1. To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
  2. To hang or droop laxly:
  3. To permit to hang or droop laxly:

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  1. To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
  2. To hang or droop laxly:
  3. To permit to hang or droop laxly:

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• flop

  1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily:
  2. To move about loosely or limply:
  3. To fail utterly:

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  1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily:
  2. To move about loosely or limply:
  3. To fail utterly:

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• droop

  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To bend or sag gradually:
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion:

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  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To bend or sag gradually:
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion:

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To hang

• droop

  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To bend or sag gradually:
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion:

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  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To bend or sag gradually:
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion:

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• flop

  1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily:
  2. To move about loosely or limply:
  3. To fail utterly:

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  1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily:
  2. To move about loosely or limply:
  3. To fail utterly:

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• slump

  1. To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
  2. To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch.
  3. To decline suddenly; fall off:

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  1. To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
  2. To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch.
  3. To decline suddenly; fall off:

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To cut off; said especially of branches

• chop

  1. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax:
  2. To shape or form by chopping:
  3. To cut into small pieces:

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  1. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax:
  2. To shape or form by chopping:
  3. To cut into small pieces:

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• prune

  1. The partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of the common plum, Prunus domestica.
  2. Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling.
  3. An ill-tempered, stupid, or incompetent person.

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  1. The partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of the common plum, Prunus domestica.
  2. Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling.
  3. An ill-tempered, stupid, or incompetent person.

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• crop

  1. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group:
  2. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place:
  3. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time:

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  1. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group:
  2. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place:
  3. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time:

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