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Best answers for Abbreviate – Crossword Clue


Answer: shorten


Clue Length Answer
Abbreviate3 letterscut
  1. Definition: 1. have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"

Abbreviate4 lettersreap
  1. Definition: 1. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

Abbreviate4 letterstrim
  1. Definition: 1. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"

Abbreviate4 lettersvoid
  1. Definition: 1. the state of nonexistence

Abbreviate4 letterssnub
  1. Definition: 1. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

Abbreviate5 lettersshort
  1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

Abbreviate5 lettersshave
  1. Definition: 1. the act of removing hair with a razor

Abbreviate5 lettersstunt
  1. Definition: 1. perform a stunt or stunts

Abbreviate5 letterspurse
  1. Definition: 1. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

Abbreviate5 lettersshear
  1. Definition: 1. a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

Abbreviate5 lettersrecap
  1. Definition: 1. a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Abbreviate5 lettersslash
  1. Definition: 1. cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"

Abbreviate5 lettersprune
  1. Definition: 1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

Abbreviate5 letterstract
  1. Definition: 1. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

Abbreviate6 letterssum-up

    Abbreviate6 lettersstrike
    1. Definition: 1. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

    Abbreviate6 letterspucker
    1. Definition: 1. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

    Abbreviate6 letterslessen
    1. Definition: 1. decrease in size, extent, or range;

    Abbreviate6 lettersreduce
    1. Definition: 1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

    Abbreviate7 letterscurtail
    1. Definition: 1. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

    Abbreviate7 letterstake-in

      Abbreviate7 lettersabridge
      1. Definition: 1. lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"

      Abbreviate7 letterswrinkle
      1. Definition: 1. a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

      Abbreviate7 lettersrub-out

        Abbreviate7 lettersrescind
        1. Definition: 1. cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

        Abbreviate7 lettersshorten
        1. Definition: 1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

        Abbreviate8 lettersretrench
        1. Definition: 1. make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"

        Abbreviate8 letterscondense
        1. Definition: 1. become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"

        Abbreviate8 letterssolidify

          Abbreviate8 letterstruncate
          1. Definition: 1. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

          Abbreviate8 letterscompress
          1. Definition: 1. a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

          Abbreviate8 lettersrestrict
          1. Definition: 1. make more specific; "qualify these remarks"

          Abbreviate8 lettersstrangle
          1. Definition: 1. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

          Abbreviate8 lettersdiminish
          1. Definition: 1. Gradually recede

          Abbreviate8 letterscutshort

            Abbreviate9 letterssummarize

              Abbreviate9 lettersepitomize
              1. Definition: 1. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"

              Abbreviate9 letterstelescope
              1. Definition: 1. a magnifier of images of distant objects

              Abbreviate10 lettersstrike-off

                Abbreviate10 lettersstrike-out

                  Abbreviate12 lettersrecapitulate
                  1. Definition: 1. summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"


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