About The Word Shorten
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Shorten
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What's The Definition Of Shorten?
[v] make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
[v] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [v] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [v] become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [v] make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" Synonyms | Synonyms for Shorten: bowdlerise | bowdlerize | castrate | expurgate Related Terms | Find terms related to Shorten: See Also | abbreviate | abridge | alter | bring down | change | clip | concentrate | condense | contract | curtail | cut | cut back | cut down | cut short | decrease | diminish | fall | foreshorten | lessen | minify | reduce | shorten | syncopate | trim | trim back | trim down | truncate Shorten In Webster's Dictionary \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened ?}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
{To shorten a rope} (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
{To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
\Short"en\, v. i. To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. |
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