Definition of MINIFY

minify

Verb

Verb Forms: minified, minifying, minifies

  • To make something small or smaller in size or scale.
  • make smaller
  • To make smaller.
  • To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
  • To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.

Examples

  • He tried to MINIFY the long word by removing suffixes, hoping to fit it on the Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

From mini- + -fy.

Antonyms

increase, beautify, magnify, prettify, pretty-print

Scrabble Score: 14

minify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
minify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
minify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

minify: valid Words With Friends Word