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TRIM BACK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Example:
The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Synonyms:
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "trim back" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Verb group:
cut (have a reducing effect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim back"):
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
spill (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))
quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
slash (cut drastically)
thin out (make sparse)
thin (make thin or thinner)
detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)
deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
downsize ((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)
subtract (take off or away)
knock off; shave (cut the price of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
