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MINIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: minified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make smaller

Example:

He decreased his staff

Synonyms:

decrease; lessen; minify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "minify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "minify"):

suppress (lessen to the point of stopping)

mitigate (make less severe or harsh)

pare; pare down (decrease gradually or bit by bit)

circumscribe; confine to; limit (restrict or confine within limits)

boil down; concentrate; reduce (cook until very little liquid is left)

reduce; shrink (reduce in size; reduce physically)

abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)

abate; slack; slake (make less active or intense)

lour; lower; turn down (make lower or quieter)

de-escalate; step down; weaken (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of)

minimise; minimize (make small or insignificant)

bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)

cut (have a reducing effect)

relax; slack; slack up; slacken (make less active or fast)

belittle; diminish (lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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