Clues for the word "ELIDE"
We've had 174 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 386 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 30, 2025.
Definition of elide
- v. t. - To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
- v. t. - To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
Referring Clues
- Skip over
- Skip
- Say "fo'c'sle," e.g.
- Say "fo'c's'le," for instance
- Say somethin', say
- Say "Li'l Abner," say
- Pass over
- Skip a syllable
- Say "nothin'," say
- Say "somethin'"
- Omit
- Say "y'all," say
- Go over
- Use a short form
- Omit in pronunciation
- Slur over
- Say "bo's'n," say
- Leave out, in speech
- Drop
- Say "li'l," say
- Choose not to say?
- Shorten pronunciation
- Say "I'm thinkin'," e.g.
- Omit something, in speech
- Slur one's speech
- Leave out in pronunciation
- Say "cap'n," say
- Say "c'est," say
- Leave out, as a vowel
- Slip over
- Slip over in speech
- Ignore in pronunciation
- Leave out
- Pass over in pronouncing
- Omit in speech
- Drop in pronunciation
- Fail to say
- Drop out of the conversation?
- A drawler might do it
- Skip over in pronunciation
- Skip, as a syllable
- Shorten, in speaking
- Fail to pronounce
- Skip over in speech
- Say "Worcestershire"
- Drop syllables
- Drop, as a vowel sound
- Eliminate a syllable, perhaps
- Skip a syllable, e.g.
- Say somethin'?
- Skip over, as a syllable
- Say "somethin"'
- Say somethin'
- Say "goin'," for example
- Shorten, in a way
- Skip, as a sound
- Drop in speech
- Say nothin'
- Slur over vowels
- Say nothin', say?
- Delete
- "Forget" a letter
- Say "g'bye"
- Slide over, phonetically
- Omit vocally
- Omit orally
- Change "captain" to cap'n"
- Drop a letter or two
- Slur together
- Slur together
- Slur together
- Use a short form of
- Skip over in pronouncing
- Abridge
- Skip a phoneme
- Skip a sound
- Lose a phoneme
- Omit phonetically
- Leave out, as a syllable
- Drop a sound
- Skip over, as a vowel
- Change "captain" to "cap'n," e.g.
- Leave out in elocution
- Say "cap'n," e.g.
- Slur over, as a syllable
- Fail to pronounce, as a syllable
- Say "'S Wonderful," say
- Say "e'er," for instance
- Have "nothin'" to say, e.g.
- Leave out a vowel
- Skip over, in speech
- Skip, like the H's in "'enry 'iggins"
- Say somethin', say?
- Suppress syllables
- Say "somethin'," say
- Say somethin', e.g.
- Ignore, in a way
- Slur over, as a vowel
- Slur over a syllable
- Skip over syllables
- Don't pronounce
- Skip, as the "f" and "the" in "two of the clock"
- Lose a syllable
- Drop a vowel in pronunciation
- Drop a vowel
- Say "nothin'," e.g.
- Slur words
- Say "ma'am," say
- Say "prob'ly," say
- Say "y'all," e.g.
- Say "Li'l," e.g.
- Drop vowels while speaking
- Drop vowels
- Omit, in speech
- Omit from pronunciation
- Mispronounce
- Say "g'day" or "go 'way"
- Omit a vowel in speech
- Omit a syllable
- Bypass a vowel
- Use contractions, say
- Neglect to say
- Say "y'all", e.g.
- Leave out a vowel when speaking
- Slur over a vowel
- Omit, as a consonant
- Omit as consonant
- Vocally omit
- Slur
- Gloss over, vocally
- Omit, like the "t" in "Swee'Pea"
- Say "prob'ly," for instance
- Say "comfortable" or "Worcestershire," maybe
- Omit vowel or syllable
- Suppress cover within borders of Eire
- Suppress - abridge
- Cut short from midfield to cover point
- Skip a vowel or two
- Omit, as a syllable
- Abridge, omit part
- Omit a vowel
- Omit part of word
- Omit (a vowel etc.)
- Merge together when English lied badly
- Skip over, as a sound
- Bypass vowels
- Go "y'all," not "you all"
- Leave out a vowel, e.g.
- Avoid some syllables
- Cut off a syllable
- Skip phonetically
- Skip over vocally
- Suppress, as a vowel
- Audibly omit
- Omit, as a vowel
- Pass by
- Fail to pronounce, as the "g" in an "-ing" word
- Omit, in speaking
- Gloss over
- Ask for "fish 'n' chips," say
- Leave out phonetically
- Sing "Lips Are Movin'," e.g.?
- Say nothin', say?
- Drop, in a way
- Pass over, in a way
- Say "I dunno," say
- Drop out of the conversation?
- Skip over, as syllables
- Skip a syllable or two
- Skip over, like a syllable
- Drop out of a conversation?
- Merge
- Gloss over, linguistically
- Skip over, as the "i" in "family"
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 03, 2025
- New York Times - August 04, 2025
- New York Times - July 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2025
- Daily American - July 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2025
- New York Times - April 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2025
- LA Times - January 20, 2025
- LA Times - January 16, 2025
- Daily American - November 28, 2024
- Daily American - November 19, 2024
- USA Today - October 25, 2024
- New York Times - September 15, 2024
- Daily American - August 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2024
- USA Today - May 16, 2024
- New York Times - May 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2024
- Daily American - March 12, 2024
- LA Times - February 23, 2024
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