trun·cate

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• trun´cate|ly — trun|cate «TRUHNG kayt», verb, cat|ed, cat|ing, adjective. –v.t. to cut off a part of; cut short: »Figurative. In the end, my adventure…was unexpectedly truncated (New Yorker). –adj. 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• trun|cate — «TRUHNG kayt», verb, cat|ed, cat|ing, adjective. –v.t. to cut off a part of; cut short: »Figurative. In the end, my adventure…was unexpectedly truncated (New Yorker). –adj. 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• de|trun|cate — «dih TRUHNG kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to reduce by cutting off a part. ╂[< Latin dētruncāre (with English ate1) < dē off + truncāre to cut off, maim] …   Useful english dictionary

• ob|trun|cate — «ob TRUHNG kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to cut or lop off the head or top from: »obtruncated trees. ╂[< ob + truncate] …   Useful english dictionary

• trun — trun; trun·cal; trun·cat·ed; trun·ca·tel·la; trun·cate·ly; trun·ca·tion; trun·ca·ture; trun·cheoned; trun·cus; trun·dler; trun·nel; trun·nion; trun·cate; trun·cheon; trun·dle; de·trun·ca·tion; trun·nioned; …   English syllables

• cate — ab·di·cate; ad·ju·di·cate; ad·vo·cate·ship; af·fri·cate; alem·bi·cate; al·lo·cate; al·ter·cate; alu·mi·no·sil·i·cate; ar·sen·i·cate; athe·cate; aus·pi·cate; au·then·ti·cate; bac·cate; be·a·tif·i·cate; bipli·cate; ca·ly·cate; ca·non·i·cate;… …   English syllables

• truncate — trun·cate …   English syllables

• truncately — trun·cate·ly …   English syllables

• truncate — trun•cate [[t]ˈtrʌŋ keɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing, adj. 1) to shorten by or as if by cutting off a part; cut short 2) truncated 3) bio Biol. a) square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely b) lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells •… …   From formal English to slang

• truncate — trun|cate [ trʌŋ,keıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to make something shorter, especially by removing the end or top of it ╾ trun|ca|tion [ trʌŋ keıʃn ] noun count or uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English