| Cut |
| Curtail |
| Shorten |
| Cut down |
| Condense |
| Truncate |
| Abbreviate |
| Shorten (a text) |
| Shorten (a book) |
| Reduce, as a text |
| Reduce in volume? |
| Edit substantially |
| Make a long story short |
| Shorten, as a dictionary |
| Make a long story short, e.g. |
| Shorten into one volume, maybe |
| Adapt for audio format, perhaps |
| Big read (anag) — shorten text |