telescope
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(verb) make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" |
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Related Words: concentrate, condense |
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| 2. |
(verb) crush together, as of cars in a collision |
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Related Words: crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch |
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| 3. |
(noun) an instrument that magnifies the image of distant objects |
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Synonyms: scope |
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Related Words: astronomical telescope, collimator, magnifier, solar telescope, transit instrument |
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