Word of the Day - Truncate

[Jace]

truncate...tr.v. -cated

Def.: To shorten or to cut off, appearing to terminate abruptly

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the session was truncated.

 

[ohioboy]

The Elephant had a truncated trunk because all he ate was junk!

 

[Kaila]

Some of my posts get truncated, due to various unexpected complications encountered,
such as fingers slip, or mind wanders, or computer err, or all of those?

My truncated posts, then appear to make even less sense than my untruncated ones!

 

[Jace]

All

 

[Lavinia]

Many television programmes are truncated to make space for the commercials.

 

[Kaila]

Many television programmes are truncated to make space for the commercials.

And many movies are truncated, so that they can fit into the blocks allowed for TV.

 

[Mizmo]

He was asked to truncate his speech as they were normally too long and boring

 

[Em in Ohio]

Two of my birds escaped at midnight last night and my dog truncated the tail feathers of one of them. Remarkably, the one with a truncated tail can still fly. They are both fine and back in their home where they belong.

 

[Jace]

All great, Thanks all!

 

[RubyK]

The comedy TV series was truncated in its first month because it was not funny.

 

[Ruthanne]

Every once in awhile I will truncate one of my plants and get some cuttings to replant.