Dock and Elongate

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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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Elongate is an antonym for dock.

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

Elongate verb - To make longer.

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Dock is an antonym for elongate.

Nearby Words: elongated, elongation, elongating

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