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noun

A flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place.

Примеры использования:

He undid two clips and lifted the lid

verb

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips.

Примеры использования:

She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

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He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Примеры использования:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

Примеры использования:

We use electromagnetic waves to detect and image objects: light waves for optical microscopes and t…

verb

(with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.

Примеры использования:

Five steel sections that telescope into one another

verb

(with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.

Примеры использования:

Five steel sections that telescope into one another

noun

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

Примеры использования:

We use electromagnetic waves to detect and image objects: light waves for optical microscopes and t…

noun

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

Примеры использования:

We use electromagnetic waves to detect and image objects: light waves for optical microscopes and t…

verb

(with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.

Примеры использования:

Five steel sections that telescope into one another

verb

(with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.

Примеры использования:

Five steel sections that telescope into one another

noun

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

Примеры использования:

We use electromagnetic waves to detect and image objects: light waves for optical microscopes and t…

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

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He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

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He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

noun

Variant spelling of axe.

verb

Non-standard form of ask.

Примеры использования:

Don't ax this question again

noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.

Примеры использования:

I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

verb

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.

Примеры использования:

The company is axing 125 jobs

verb

Non-standard form of ask.

Примеры использования:

Don't ax this question again

noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.

Примеры использования:

I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

verb

Non-standard form of ask.

Примеры использования:

Don't ax this question again

noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.

Примеры использования:

I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

phrasal verb

Pull inward or towards a center

phrasal verb

Cook until very little liquid is left

verb

Be a perfect example of.

Примеры использования:

The company epitomized the problems faced by british industry

verb

Be a perfect example of.

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The company epitomized the problems faced by british industry

verb

Be a perfect example of.

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The company epitomized the problems faced by british industry

verb

Be a perfect example of.

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The company epitomized the problems faced by british industry

verb

Make (something) denser or more concentrated.

Примеры использования:

The morning play on saturday was condensed into a half-hour package

verb

Make (something) denser or more concentrated.

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The morning play on saturday was condensed into a half-hour package

verb

Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

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Chemicals that constrict the blood vessels

adjective

Narrowed, especially by encircling pressure.

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Constricted air passages

verb

Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

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Chemicals that constrict the blood vessels

verb

Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

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Chemicals that constrict the blood vessels

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Примеры использования:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

noun

A psychiatrist.

Примеры использования:

You should see a shrink

verb

Shorten the duration or extent of.

Примеры использования:

He was a sensational player whose career was truncated by injuries

adjective

(of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.

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The ends are usually acute or obtuse, but sometimes also fish tail-like, truncate or vague.

verb

Cut off (a branch, limb, or twig) from the main body of a tree.

Примеры использования:

They lopped off more branches to save the tree

noun

Branches and twigs lopped off trees.

Примеры использования:

In many forests they took the lop and top, and in some cases the stump, of trees

idiom

To reduce something to a level at which only what is absolutely necessary is left

verb

Cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.

Примеры использования:

For what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead

noun

A wide, sweeping stroke made with a knife or sword.

Примеры использования:

The man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword

conjunction

An oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or ), in fractions (e.g. 3/4 ), in ratios (e.g. miles/day ), or between separate elements of a text.

Примеры использования:

Sentence breaks are highlighted by slashes

verb

Cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.

Примеры использования:

For what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead

noun

A wide, sweeping stroke made with a knife or sword.

Примеры использования:

The man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

adjective

Reduced in scope or length.

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It's a cut-down version of a dtp program

phrasal verb

Cause to come or go down

verb

To use a sharp tool such as a knife to break the surface of something, divide something, or make something smaller

Примеры использования:

[ t ] cut the apple in half., [ t ] she wanted to have her hair cut (= made shorter)., [ m ] we had…

verb

Trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Примеры использования:

Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife

verb

Trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Примеры использования:

Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife

verb

Trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Примеры использования:

Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife

verb

Reduce to a skeleton.

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Wolves can skeletonize a cow in thirty seconds

verb

Reduce to a skeleton.

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Wolves can skeletonize a cow in thirty seconds

verb

Reduce to a skeleton.

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Wolves can skeletonize a cow in thirty seconds

verb

Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

Примеры использования:

Civil liberties were further curtailed

verb

Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

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Civil liberties were further curtailed

verb

Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

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Civil liberties were further curtailed

verb

Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

Примеры использования:

Civil liberties were further curtailed

noun

A plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Примеры использования:

However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.

verb

Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Примеры использования:

Now is the time to prune roses

verb

Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Примеры использования:

Now is the time to prune roses

noun

A plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Примеры использования:

However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.

noun

A plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Примеры использования:

However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.

verb

Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Примеры использования:

Now is the time to prune roses

verb

Make or become shorter.

Примеры использования:

He shortened his stride

verb

Make or become shorter.

Примеры использования:

He shortened his stride

verb

(of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.

Примеры использования:

As a result of the recession the company retrenched

verb

(of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.

Примеры использования:

As a result of the recession the company retrenched

verb

(of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.

Примеры использования:

As a result of the recession the company retrenched

noun

A vessel (especially a warship) reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck or decks.

noun

A vessel (especially a warship) reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck or decks.

verb

Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).

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‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

verb

Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).

Примеры использования:

‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

verb

Shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.

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The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel

verb

Acronym.

noun

An act or instance of reducing something, especially expenditure.

Примеры использования:

Cutbacks in defence spending

verb

Reduce the intensity of (a conflict or potentially violent situation).

Примеры использования:

They had training in how to de-escalate a situation

phrasal verb

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

verb

To use a sharp tool such as a knife to break the surface of something, divide something, or make something smaller

Примеры использования:

[ t ] cut the apple in half., [ t ] she wanted to have her hair cut (= made shorter)., [ m ] we had…

verb

To (cause to) become less dangerous or difficult

Примеры использования:

The government has taken these measures in an attempt to de-escalate the conflict., there are signs…

noun

If a person goes over a piece of writing with a blue pencil, they remove or change some of the words to improve it or make it acceptable.