elide

elide is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
2. transitive verb. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
3. verb. leave or strike out

   "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in elide:

edile

Common word forms

elided, elides, eliding

Words from these letters

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