truncate

truncate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. abridge, reduce, shorten, curtail. See shortness, deduction, formlessness.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. lop, mangle, prune; see trim 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
cut off, shorten, lop, clip, trim, prune, pare, dock, curtail, abbreviate.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim. See INCREASE.

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  • Truncate — Trun cate, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ] Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Truncate — Trun cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truncated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Truncating}.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See {Trunk}.] To cut off; to lop; to maim. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • truncate — index commute, condense, deduct (reduce), excise (cut away), mutilate, remove (eliminate) Burto …   Law dictionary

  • truncate — late 15c., from L. truncatus cut off, pp. of truncare to maim, cut off, from truncus mutilated, cut off (see TRUNK (Cf. trunk)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • truncate — [v] shorten abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut off, cut short, lop, pare, prune, shear, top, trim; concepts 137,236,247 Ant. elongate, expand, lengthen, stretch …   New thesaurus

  • truncate — ► VERB ▪ shorten by cutting off the top or the end. DERIVATIVES truncation noun. ORIGIN Latin truncare maim …   English terms dictionary

  • truncate — [truŋ′kāt΄, trun′kāt΄] vt. truncated, truncating [< L truncatus, pp. of truncare, to cut off < truncus, a stem, TRUNK] to cut off a part of; shorten by cutting; lop adj. 1. TRUNCATED 2. Biol. having a square, flattened, or broad end 3. Zo …   English World dictionary

  • truncate — UK [trʌŋˈkeɪt] / US [ˈtrʌŋˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms truncate : present tense I/you/we/they truncate he/she/it truncates present participle truncating past tense truncated past participle truncated formal to make something shorter,… …   English dictionary

  • truncate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin truncatus, past participle of truncare to shorten, from truncus trunk Date: 1716 having the end square or even < truncate leaves > II. transitive verb (truncated; truncating) Date: circa 1727 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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