Definition: make shorter as if by cutting off
Usage: truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
Similar words: shorten
Definition: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
Usage: He shortened his trip due to illness
Synonyms: truncate
Definition: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
Usage: truncate a series
Similar words: judge, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess
Definition: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Usage: I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Synonyms: truncate
Definition: replace a corner by a plane
Similar words: exchange, replace, interchange, substitute
Definition: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
Usage: the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt; substitute regular milk with fat-free milk; synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
Definition: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Usage: a truncate leaf; truncated volcanic mountains; a truncated pyramid
Similar words: short
Definition: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Usage: short skirts; short hair; the board was a foot short; a short toss