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  • 111shorten — [v] diminish, decrease abbreviate, abridge, blue pencil*, bob, boil down*, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut to the bone*, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, make a long story short*, minimize,… …

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  • 112squeeze — [n] pressure, crushing clasp, clutch, congestion, crowd, crunch, crush, embrace, force, handclasp, hold, hug, influence, jam, press, restraint, squash; concepts 219,674,687 Ant. opening squeeze [v1] exert pressure on sides, parts of something… …

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  • 113gen- —     gen     English meaning: to pinch, pluck, press, etc..     Deutsche Übersetzung: as basis for extensions der meaning “zusammendrũcken, kneifen, zusammenknicken; Zusammengedrũcktes, Geballtes”     Note: (Persson Beitr. 88 f.); therefrom are… …

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  • 114tr-eu-d- —     tr eu d     English meaning: to press, push, * displeasure     Deutsche Übersetzung: “quetschen, stoßen, drũcken”     Note: probably extension to ter 3, tereu “rub”     Note: Root tr eu d : “to press, push, * displeasure” derived from Root… …

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