lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
AXE
chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
AXED
terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
CARVE
cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"
form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
CLEAVE
Split
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
To hew
Sever
DECREASE
decrease in size, extent, or range;
make smaller; "
the act of decreasing or reducing something
the amount by which something decreases
a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
a process of becoming smaller or shorter
Diminish
DELE
Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus:
DELETE
cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
ETCH
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name"
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface"
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"
FELLED
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
sew a seam by folding the edges
pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
GASH
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
HEW
strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
HEWED
Past tense of to hew: axed, chopped
HEWN
strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush"
INCISION
the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
KNIFE
use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
LESION
any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
LESSENED
impaired by diminution
decreased in severity; made less harsh
decrease in size, extent, or range;
wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
make smaller; "
LOP
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
LOPPED
cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
MOW
a loft in a barn where hay is stored
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"
cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass"
MOWED
MOWN
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"
cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass"
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay"
OMIT
leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
SAW
go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
perceive or be contemporaneous with;
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"
see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see"
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"
SAWN
cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
SEVER
cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
SHARE
communicate;
give out as one's portion or share
use jointly or in common
r"
the part played by a person in bringing about a result;
the allotment of some amount by dividing something;
a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate;
SHEAR
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
cut with shears; "shear hedges"
cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
SHEARED
(used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"
cut with shears; "shear hedges"
cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
SHORTENED
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated convers
SLASH
cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
SLASHED
cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather
SLIT
a long narrow opening
obscene terms for female genitals
a narrow fissure
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
cut a slit into; "slit the throat of the victim"
make a clean cut through; "slit her throat"
SNIP
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
the act of clipping or snipping
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)