verb
    
    or Brit minimise   -mizes; -mized; -mizing
    
    [+ obj] to make (something bad or not wanted) as small as possible
    
    
    
    
    
    to treat or describe (something) as smaller or less important than it is
    
    
    
    
    
    computers :to make (a program's window) change to a very small form that takes almost no room on a computer's screen