Minimize

Verb

 * 1)  To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
 * 2)   To cause a window to disappear without closing the program or file or discarding any data.
 * I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

Thesaurus
abbreviate, abridge, bedwarf, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, cry down, curtail, cut down, de-emphasize, debase, decrease, decry, degrade, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, derogate from, detract from, devaluate, devalue, diminish, disapprove of, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, downplay, dwarf, hold in contempt, knock, lessen, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minify, misestimate, misprize, play down, prune, put down, reduce, reflect discredit upon, run down, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shorten, shrink, shrug off, slight, speak ill of, submit to indignity, talk down, think little of, think nothing of, underestimate, underplay, underprize, underrate, underreckon, undervalue

Alternative forms

 * minimise

Etymology
From Latin

Translations

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 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: azaltmak, cüceleştirmek, küçültmek, asgarīye indirmek, en aza indirgemek, en aza indirgemek


 * Estonian: ahendama


 * German:
 * Turkish: küçült, simge durumuna küçült