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telescope - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'telescope' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Telescope [ a.]
- To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
2 . Telescope [ n.]
- An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
3 . Telescope [ v. t.]
- To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.

Meaning of 'telescope' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . telescope [ v]
Meaning (1):
- crush together or collapse
Example in sentence:
  • In the accident, the cars telescoped;
  • my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
Meaning (2):
- make smaller or shorter
Example in sentence:
  • the novel was telescoped into a short play

Nearby Words:

telamones telangiectasis telangiectasy telarly telary teledu telegram telegrammic telegraph telegraphed

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