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shorten Definition:
- Shorten may refer to:
| Shorten (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time |
| Shorten (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent |
| Shorten (a.) To make deficient (as to) |
| Shorten (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. |
| Shorten (v. i.) To become short or shorter |
| bowdlerize / bowdlerise / expurgate / castrate shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate, "bowdlerize a novel" |
| abridge / foreshorten / abbreviate shorten cut contract reduce reduce in scope while retaining essential elements, "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| shorten become short or shorter, "In winter, the days shorten" |
| shorten make shorter than originally intended, reduce or retrench in length or duration, "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
| shorten make short or shorter, "shorten the skirt", "shorten the rope by a few inches" |
shorten Synonyme:
| shorten abate abbreviate abrade abridge abstract bate be telegraphic bob bobtail boil down brief capsule capsulize circumscribe clip coarct compact compress concentrate condense consolidate constrict constringe contract cramp crop curtail cut cut back cut down cut off short cut short damp dampen decrease deduct deflate depreciate depress derogate detract digest diminish disparage dock downgrade drain draw draw in draw together eat away elide epitomize erode excerpt extract file away foreshorten hem impair knit leach lessen lower minify minimize mow narrow nip nutshell outline pare poll pollard prune pucker pucker up purify purse reap recap recapitulate reduce refine remove retrench roll back rub away scale down shave shear shrink simplify sketch sketch out slash snub solidify step down strangle strangulate stunt subduct subtract sum up summarize synopsize take away take from take in telescope thin thin out trim truncate tune down waste no words wear away weed withdraw wrinkle |
| shortened Spartan abbreviated abridged abstracted aposiopestic bobbed brief brusque capsule capsulized clipped close compact compendious compressed concise condensed contracted crisp cropped curt curtailed cut cut short digested docked elided elliptic epigrammatic gnomic laconic mowed mown nipped pithy pointed pollard polled pruned reaped reserved sententious shaved sheared short short and sweet short-cut snub snubbed succinct summary synopsized taciturn terse tight to the point trimmed truncated |