elides
Drops in speech
Elides is the third-person singular form of elide, meaning to omit or leave out.
In speech, we elide sounds when we run words together: "gonna" elides "going to." In writing, to elide is to skip over or suppress: The report elides several inconvenient facts.
The noun is elision.
Minimizes or obscures flaws
Leaves something out
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
- leaves outFails to include
- deletesRemoves stored information
- removesTakes something out
cuts · excises · redacts · suppresses · abridges · truncates · expunges · erases
Creates a link between
- joinsBrings together, attaches
- mergesJoins into one
- blendsCombined into unity
- fusesJoins or safety wires
combines · runs together · links · contracts · coalesces · syncope · liaison
De-emphasizes significance of
- minimizesReduces to smallest extent
- underplaysDeliberately de-emphasizes something
- de-emphasizesReduces focus on
- understatesPresents as less important
trivializes · soft-pedals · plays down · diminishes · discounts · undervalues
glosses over
Minimizes or obscures flaws
skims · abbreviates · condenses · shortens · contracts
omits
Leaves something out
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
- leaves outFails to include
- deletesRemoves stored information
removes · cuts · excises · redacts · suppresses · abridges · truncates · expunges · erases · drops
connects
Creates a link between
fuses · combines · runs together · links · contracts · coalesces · syncope · liaison
downplays
De-emphasizes significance of
- minimizesReduces to smallest extent
- underplaysDeliberately de-emphasizes something
- de-emphasizesReduces focus on
understates · trivializes · soft-pedals · plays down · diminishes · discounts · undervalues
- leaving outomits, skips, excludes, bypasses, passes over
elidesinserts
Items placed within others
adds · includes · incorporates · interpolates · injects
elidesarticulates
Expresses in words
enunciates · emphasizes · stresses · highlights · distinguishes
elidesseparates
Divides into portions
distinguishes · differentiates · parses · segments · divides