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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

  1. verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  2. verb To speak or write in a brief manner.
  3. verb To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  4. verb To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

minify — full definition

  1. verb To make smaller.
  2. 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.
  3. verb To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.

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