1 : shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
2 : with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
3 : cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
