truncate

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

- a truncate leaf

- truncated volcanic mountains

- a truncated pyramid

Similar word(s): short, truncated

verb

1. replace a corner by a plane

Definition categories: possession, exchange, interchange, replace, substitute

2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

- truncate a series

Definition categories: cognition, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge

3. make shorter as if by cutting off

- truncate a word

- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains

Definition categories: change, shorten