Dock and Distend

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Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.

Usage example: the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page

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Distend is an antonym for dock.

Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker

Distend verb - Cause to expand as it by internal pressure.

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Dock is an antonym for distend.

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