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skeletonize en · VERB

Etymology

From skeleton + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To reduce to a skeleton.
    • A school of piranhas crawled out from the water, made its way to the capital of Lima, and skeletonized the prime minister in just under 30 seconds. 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 8:
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To reduce to little or nothing.
  3. (transitive) To reduce weight by creating cutouts and using less material.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skeletonized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skeletonized Tense=Past lexicographic
skeletonizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
skeletonizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skeletonise alternative lexicographic

Relateds

skeletonizer · skeletonization

Translations (1)

es esqueletizar (Translations)