truncate

To truncate is to cut off a part of or to cut short.

(verb)

When you are having a nice walk but it suddenly starts to rain and you have to run home, this is an example of a situation where the rain forces you to cut it short and truncates your walk.

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See truncate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb truncated, truncating

to cut off a part of; shorten by cutting; lop

Origin: < L truncatus, pp. of truncare, to cut off < truncus, a stem, trunk

adjective

  1. truncated
  2. Biol. having a square, flattened, or broad end
  3. Zool. lacking a normal apex, as some snail shells

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See truncate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing, trun·cates
  1. To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See Synonyms at shorten.
  2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
  3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.
adjective
  1. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
  2. Truncated.

Origin:

Origin: Latin truncāre, truncāt-

Origin: , from truncus, trunk; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • trunˈcateˌly adverb
  • trun·caˈtion noun

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