crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf[obs3]; shorten &c. 201; circumscribe &c. 229; restrain &c. 751.
     [reduce in size by abrasion or paring; see subtraction 38] abrade,
pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down. 
     Adj. contracting &c. v.; astringent; shrunk, contracted &c. v.;
strangulated, tabid[obs3], wizened, stunted; waning &c. v.; neap, compact.
     unexpanded &c. (expand &c. 194)[obs3]; contractile; compressible;
smaller &c. (small &c.193).

     #196.  Distance.—­ N. distance; space &c. 180; remoteness,
farness[obs3], far-cry to; longinquity[obs3], elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness[obs3]; parallax; reach, span, stride.
     outpost, outskirt; horizon; aphelion; foreign parts, ultima
Thule[Lat], ne plus ultra[Lat], antipodes; long range, giant’s stride.
     dispersion &c.73.
     [units of distance] length &c. 200.
     cosmic distance, light-years. 
     V. be distant &c. adj.; extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go
to, get to, stretch away to; range.
     remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of,
stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one’s distance’.
     [transitive] distance; distance oneself from. 
     Adj. distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of;
stretching to &c. v.; yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine[obs3], transpontine[obs3], transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane[obs3]; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached[obs3], unapproachable; incontiguous[obs3]. 
     Adv. far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a
great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer[Fr], over the border, far and wide, “over the hills and far away” [Gay]; from pole to pole &c. (over great space) 180; to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue[Fr], out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to.
     apart, asunder; wide apart, wide asunder; longo intervallo[It]; at
arm’s length. 
     Phr. “distance lends enchantment” [Campbell]; “it’s a long long way to
Tipperary”; out of sight, out of mind.

     #197.  Nearness.—­ N. nearness &c. adj.; proximity, propinquity;
vicinity, vicinage; neighborhood, adjacency; contiguity &c. 199.
     short distance, short step, short cut; earshot, close quarters,
stone’s throw; bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot; hair’s breadth, span.
     purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours[Fr], suburbs,
confines, banlieue[obs3], borderland; whereabouts.
     bystander; neighbor, borderer[obs3].