Definition of minify Minify
min•i•fy
We found 7 definitions of minify from 4 different sources.
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What does minify mean?
WordNet
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| minify - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" | ||
| decrease, lessen | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| suppress reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage" | ||
| mitigate make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances" | ||
| pare down, pare decrease gradually or bit by bit | ||
| circumscribe, limit, confine draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points" | ||
| boil down, concentrate, reduce be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" | ||
| shrink, reduce decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" | ||
| abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" | ||
| abate, slake, slack become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" | ||
| lour, lower, turn down set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" | ||
| de-escalate, step down, weaken reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" | ||
| minimise, minimize make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk" | ||
| trim back, trim down, cut back, bring down, cut down, trim, reduce, cut return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| slack up, slacken, relax, slack make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | ||
| diminish, belittle lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- minify (Verb)
To reduce in size. - minify (Verb)
To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens. - minify (Verb)
To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page in order to reduce its size and improve download time.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- minify (v. t.)
To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen. - minify (v. t.)
To degrade by speech or action.
Part of speech
🔤- minify, verb, present, 1st person singular of minify (infinitive).
- minify, verb (infinitive).
