MINIFYING Synonyms

• becoming less or smaller

• (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume

• a change downward

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the act of becoming less

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• shorten

• closely and firmly united or packed together

• a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• a small and economical car

• having a short and solid form or stature

• briefly giving the gist of something

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• compress into a wad

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

• replace a corner by a plane

• approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

• make shorter as if by cutting off

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• wear off or die down