<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>To shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.</li><li>To reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge one's freedom.</li><li>To deprive; cut off.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A short form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents.</li><li>The act or process of truncating.</li><li>The state of being truncated.</li><li>A square or broad end, as if cut off transversely.</li><li>Lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>