Crossword-Solution: ABBREVIATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Abbreviate | v. t. | To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. |
| Abbreviate | v. t. | To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. |
| Abbreviate | a. | Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. |
| Abbreviate | a. | Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. |
| Abbreviate | n. | An abridgment. |
We have 22 clues for the answer “ABBREVIATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| to make briefer | 1 answer |
| Make brief | 1 answer |
| Make an acronym of, perhaps | 1 answer |
| Lessen the time or extent of | 3 answers |
| DIVERSIFY (ant.) | 8 answers |
| GROW (ant.) | 9 answers |
| truncate | 12 answers |
| Summarize | 30 answers |
| Condense | 31 answers |
| Shorten | 35 answers |
| MAKE lean | 38 answers |
| Curtail | 40 answers |
| Abridge | 41 answers |
| cut short | 41 answers |
| Cut Back | 43 answers |
| summarise | 44 answers |
| compress | 52 answers |
| Diminish | 59 answers |
| ABSTRACT ___ | 76 answers |
| CONTRACT ___ | 89 answers |
| De-crease? | 90 answers |
| CUT ___ | 133 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
RACEON
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ABBREVIATE (5)
And every day since, like a famous philosopher who wished to abbreviate his mourning for a faithful servant, he had said to himself in substance--“Remember to forget Mary Garland.” Sometimes it seemed as if he were succeeding; then, suddenly, when he was least expecting it, he would find her name, inaudibly, on his lips, and seem to see her eyes meeting his eyes.
Their school-fellows, however, work sad havoc with these high-sounding titles and quickly abbreviate them into humble "Cad" or "Rol." It is surprising to notice what a number of middle-aged gentlemen have blossomed out of late with decorations in their button-holes according to the foreign fashion.
The villainy, however, which could first borrow money of his faithful follower, and then abbreviate his name to ‘Tuppy,’ was more than he could patiently bear.
Godall could testify, have been generally passed in this divan; and my mornings, I have taken the precaution to abbreviate by not rising before twelve.
The rope dropped beneath her weight, and all that could be done from shore was to haul her in as fast as possible, to abbreviate the period of buffeting and suffocation.
Quotes with ABBREVIATE (3)
We shouldn’t abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.
Never abbreviate your dreams. Only short-hand people always do that. Their punishment is that they can't stretch far, further and forward into the future. Dream only big dreams!
A boy from Brooklyn used to cruise on summer nights. As soon as he’d hit sixty he’d hold his hand out the window, cupping it around the wind. He’d been assuredthis is exactly how a woman’s breast feels when you putyour hand around it and apply a little pressure. Now he knew, and he loved it. Night after night, again and again, untilthe weather grew cold and he had to roll the window up. For many years afterwards he was perpetually attemptingto soar. One winter’s night, holdin…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1984–2013).