縮める — meaning in English
chijimeru
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English meaning
- abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- minify verb To make smaller.
- shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
- shrink verb To become or make smaller.
Senses
縮める is used for these senses in English:
- abbreviate (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- minify To make smaller.
- shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- shrink (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
abbreviate — full definition
- verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- verb To speak or write in a brief manner.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- verb To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
minify — full definition
- verb To make smaller.
- verb To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
- verb To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.