Synonym of cutting shorter

Verb

Present participle for to cut short or trim, especially with shears or scissors
clipping cutting trimming cropping pruning paring shearing snipping shaving shortening docking bobbing lopping mowing nipping polling pollarding neatening shaping skiving curtailing lowering reducing slashing truncating cutting short cutting back cutting off lopping off evening up tidying up removing detaching chopping barbering fleecing detruncating topping tonsuring hewing disengaging chopping off hacking off taking off making shorter cutting into a bob contracting cutting down abbreviating condensing paring down decreasing lessening shrinking diminishing abridging downsizing severing compressing boiling down eliding syncopating snipping off limiting restricting nipping off hacking thinning slicing abstracting telescoping epitomizing narrowing shaving off trimming off epitomising concentrating separating stripping curbing summarizing amputating minimizing gashing moderating dropping retrenching incising constricting skimming minimising synopsizing axing digesting slimming down clipping off whittling down knocking off summarising bringing down breaking off putting in a nutshell styling filing sawing excising dissevering foreshortening grooming coppicing decapitating slimming slicing off scything reaming gutting razoring creaming stopping short manicuring deflating taking out cutting out removing from thinning out rounding down downgrading making bare pinching back nicking slitting wasting away snicking notching shedding trimming down sickling shredding tightening filing off scraping off outlining summing up encapsulating consolidating marking down peeling skinning putting down getting rid of reducing greatly summating recapping bluing pencil flaying easing cutting into scraping excoriating tapering restraining decorticating carving minifying compiling getting to the meat giving main points running down running through cramping inhibiting controlling halting scalping tempering mitigating repressing rationing stripping off peeling off rolling back scaling down reining in paring off tightening up cutting down on fragmenting reining back holding back dialing down putting the brakes on putting a restriction on putting a limit on dwindling chiseling chiselling excerpting whittling breaking cracking splintering flaking crumbling splitting slivering taking up getting shorter cutting to the bone turning up hackling chipping blemishing spalling cutting away cracking off

Nearby Words

cutting some ice cutting someone cold cutting someone some slack cutting the cackle cutting the cheese cutting the first turf cutting short cuttings cutting remark cutting rate cutting out the middleman cutting out of will

Antonym of cutting shorter

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