"skeletonize" meaning in All languages combined

See skeletonize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: skeletonizes [present, singular, third-person], skeletonizing [participle, present], skeletonized [participle, past], skeletonized [past]
Etymology: From skeleton + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skeleton|ize}} skeleton + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} skeletonize (third-person singular simple present skeletonizes, present participle skeletonizing, simple past and past participle skeletonized)
  1. (transitive) To reduce to a skeleton. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-skeletonize-en-verb-EQkKyM8A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To reduce to little or nothing. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-skeletonize-en-verb-4wOIA8bu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skeletonise Related terms: skeletonization, skeletonizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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