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Definition of Minify
1. Verb. Make smaller. "He decreased his staff"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Suppress, Mitigate, Pare, Pare Down, Circumscribe, Confine, Limit, Boil Down, Concentrate, Reduce, Reduce, Shrink, Abbreviate, Abridge, Contract, Cut, Foreshorten, Reduce, Shorten, Abate, Slack, Slake, Lour, Lower, Turn Down, De-escalate, Step Down, Weaken, Minimise, Minimize, Bring Down, Cut, Cut Back, Cut Down, Reduce, Trim, Trim Back, Trim Down, Cut, Relax, Slack, Slack Up, Slacken, Belittle, Diminish
Derivative terms: Decrease
Antonyms: Increase
Definition of Minify
1. v. t. To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.
Definition of Minify
1. Verb. To reduce in size ¹
2. Verb. To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens ¹
3. Verb. (computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page in order to reduce its size and improve download time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minify
1. to make small or smaller [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minify
Literary usage of Minify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisions of the Court of King's Bench, Upon the Laws Relating to the Poor by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain, Francis Const, Edmund Bott (1793)
"... an order r{™*™] * ™- of removal m Richard minify, Joan his wife, and
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