| grind(verb, touch, physical, scuff, contraction) |
| level(cut, divide, curtail, flatten, sever) |
| pollard(cut, trim, shorten, shortness, prune) |
| retrench(reduce, restrain, lower, decrease, curtail) |
| skive(verb, cut, level, divide, score) |
| sliver(verb, cut, divide, tear, curtail) |
| weed(verb, diminish, subtract) |
| attenuate(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| beguile(verb, deceive, fool, mislead) |
| burn(verb, take, deceive, fool, entice) |
| caress(verb, touch, physical, scrape) |
| chouse out of(expression, idiom) |
| cog the dice(expression, idiom) |
| come in contact(expression, idiom) |
| compress(verb, diminish) |
| contact(verb, touch, physical, look, bounce) |
| cull(verb, diminish) |
| cut off short(expression, idiom) |
| cut short(verb, expression, idiom, cut, trim) |
| debase(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |