make terse or pithy
1terse — adjective we were offended by her terse answers Syn: brief, short, to the point, concise, succinct, crisp, pithy, incisive, trenchant, short and sweet, laconic, elliptical; brusque, abrupt, curt, clipped, blunt, pointed …
2compress — I. v. a. 1. Press together, close tightly, shut firmly. 2. Bind tightly, wrap closely. 3. Squeeze or press together or into smaller compass, condense. 4. Squeeze, force, crowd, press. 5. Make brief, abbreviate, condense, make terse or pithy. II.… …
3short — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. brief, concise, curt; deficient, failing; compact, stubby. See insufficiency, shortness, littleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not long in space] Syn. low, skimpy, slight, not tall, not long,… …
4brief — briefer, n. briefness, n. /breef/, adj., briefer, briefest, n., v. adj. 1. lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country. 2. using few words; concise; succinct: a brief report on weather conditions.… …
5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
6biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
7proverb — proverblike, adj. /prov euhrb/, n. 1. a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw. 2. a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence. 3. a person or …
8cut — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Parthian shot, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Spartan, Vandyke, abandon, abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviated, abrade, abrasion, abridge, abridged, abscind, abscondence, absence, absence without …
9BAVA KAMMA — (Aram. בָּבָא קַמָּא), tractate of the Talmud, the first of the order Nezikin. Name Bava Kamma was originally not a separate tractate, but the first part of a larger tractate, whose name was identical with the name of the order. The title Bava… …
10compact — compact1 compactedly, adv. compactedness, n. compactly, adv. compactness, n. adj. /keuhm pakt , kom , kom pakt/; v. /keuhm pakt /; n. /kom pakt/, adj. 1. joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil …
