| graze(trim, slash, brush, shred) |
| kiss(trim, slash, brush, shred) |
| lop(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| make bare(expression, trim, slash, brush) |
| mow(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| plane(verb, curtail, trim, tidy) |
| prune(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |
| shorten(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| shred(trim, slash, brush, shear) |
| skim(trim, slash, brush, shred) |
| skin(trim, slash, brush, shred) |
| slice off(verb, expression, curtail, tidy) |
| slice thin(expression, trim, slash, brush) |
| sliver(trim, slash, brush, shear) |
| snip(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| strip(trim, slash, brush, shred) |
| tidy(verb, reduce, curtail, trim) |
| touch(trim, slash, brush, shred) |
| truncate(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |