telescope, v.
(telescoped, telescopes, telescoping)
freq. cnt. 1
(telescoped, telescopes, telescoping)
freq. cnt. 1
crush together or collapse
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
telescope
sample sentences
"In the accident, the cars telescoped""my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
verb frames
Something ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym
make smaller or shorter
<verb.change>
telescope
sample sentences
"the novel was telescoped into a short play"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym