abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, digest, dock, elide, emblematize, embody, exemplify, fit the pattern, foreshorten, illustrate, incarnate, incorporate, inventory, lead the way, mirror, mow, nip, nutshell, outline, personify, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, represent, retrench, set an example, set the pace, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stunt, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, symbolize, synopsize, tabulate, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, typify