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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• 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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• lop

  1. To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub:
  2. To cut off a part or parts from; trim:
  3. To eliminate or excise as superfluous:

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  1. To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub:
  2. To cut off a part or parts from; trim:
  3. To eliminate or excise as superfluous:

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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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