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truncate
 
Adjective truncate has 1 sense
  1. truncate, truncated - terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
    Antonym: long (indirect, via short)
Verb truncate has 3 senses
  1. truncate - replace a corner by a plane
    --1 is one way to     substitute, replace
    Derived form: noun truncation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. truncate - approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"
    --2 is one way to     estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. truncate, cut short - make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
    --3 is one way to shorten
    Derived form: noun truncation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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