ABRIDGE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   
   Synonym(s)
   • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • foreshorten (what does foreshorten mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The manuscript must be shortened
   
   Hypernyms(s) abridge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • minify (what does minify mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • elaborate (what does elaborate mean?)
   • lucubrate (what does lucubrate mean?)
   • expatiate (what does expatiate mean?)
   • exposit (what does exposit mean?)
   • enlarge (what does enlarge mean?)
   • flesh out (what does flesh out mean?)
   • expand (what does expand mean?)
   • expound (what does expound mean?)
   • dilate (what does dilate mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • bowdlerize (what does bowdlerize mean?)
   • bowdlerise (what does bowdlerise mean?)
   • expurgate (what does expurgate mean?)
   • castrate (what does castrate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   • digest (what does digest mean?)
   • condense (what does condense mean?)
   • concentrate (what does concentrate mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • contraction (what does contraction mean?)
   • shortener (what does shortener mean?)
   • abridger (what does abridger mean?)
   • abbreviator (what does abbreviator mean?)
   • condensation (what does condensation mean?)
   • abridgement (what does abridgement mean?)
   • abridgment (what does abridgment mean?)
   • capsule (what does capsule mean?)
   • abridger (what does abridger mean?)
   • abbreviator (what does abbreviator mean?)