"skeletonize" meaning in English

See skeletonize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: skeletonizes [present, singular, third-person], skeletonizing [participle, present], skeletonized [participle, past], skeletonized [past], skeletonise [alternative]
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
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To reduce to little or nothing. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-skeletonize-en-verb-4wOIA8bu
  3. (transitive) To reduce weight by creating cutouts and using less material. Tags: transitive Translations (Translations): esqueletizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-skeletonize-en-verb-Uax1Ec4c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 14 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 16 68 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: skeletonization, skeletonizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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