Truncates - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).

Примеры использования:

‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

verb

To shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter

Примеры использования:

We had to abbreviate the names of the states., an abbreviated version was published last year.

verb

Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

Примеры использования:

Civil liberties were further curtailed

verb

To reduce or limit something, or to stop something before it is finished

Примеры использования:

He had to curtail his speech when time ran out.

verb

To reduce or limit something

Примеры использования:

The federal reserve raised interest rates slightly to curtail inflation., the last government sever…

verb

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

Примеры использования:

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.

Примеры использования:

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

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

verb

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

Примеры использования:

The population of the area has decreased radically

noun

An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.

Примеры использования:

A decrease in births

verb

To become smaller or make something less

Примеры использования:

[ i ] car sales decreased sharply this year., i haven’t noticed any decrease in ticket sales.

verb

Make or become less.

Примеры использования:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Примеры использования:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

noun

An enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships.

Примеры использования:

The boat nosed up to a dock

verb

(of a ship) come into a dock and tie up at a wharf.

Примеры использования:

The ship docked at southampton

noun

The solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair.

Примеры использования:

Jason grabbed the towels and spread them at the dog's tail and dock.

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

verb

Hang loosely or limply; droop.

Примеры использования:

A stomach that lopped over his belt

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

noun

An instance of trimming a tree, shrub, or bush.

Примеры использования:

They need little care other than an annual prune

verb

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

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Make or become shorter.

Примеры использования:

He shortened his stride

verb

Make short or shorter

verb

To make something shorter in length, distance, or height

Примеры использования:

I’d like to have this jacket shortened by about two inches., a high school knee injury probably sho…

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

noun

A cylindrical device that you look through to make objects that are far away look nearer and bigger

Примеры использования:

My camera’s telescopic lens lets me take great close-ups., redford telescoped decades of history in…

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Примеры использования:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Примеры использования:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Примеры использования:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim