verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of telescope form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

shortshortened

Example

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"The two vans telescoped together."

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