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1. (v.t.) shorten
to make short or shorter.
2. shorten
to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.:
to shorten sail.
3. shorten
to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat.
4. (v.i.) shorten
to become short or shorter.
5. shorten
(of odds) to decrease.
Etymology: (1425–75)
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| Definition of 'shorten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) shorten
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
2. (verb) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
3. (verb) shorten
make short or shorter
"shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
4. (verb) shorten
become short or shorter
"In winter, the days shorten"
5. (verb) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
"bowdlerize a novel"
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1. (verb) shorten
to make shorter
The tailor will shorten your pants.; They shortened the play to two hours.
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| Definition of 'shorten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) shorten
to make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity
2. (adj) shorten
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
3. (adj) shorten
to make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of
4. (adj) shorten
to make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like
5. (verb) shorten
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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Sense: to make or become shorter
The dress is too long; – we'll have to shorten it.
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 Afrikaans: verkort, inkort |
 Arabic: يُقَصِّر |
 Bulgarian: скъсявам (се) |
 Brazilian: encurtar |
 Czech: zkrátit |
 German: kürzen |
 Danish: forkorte |
 Greek: κονταίνω |
 Spanish: acortar, reducir |
 Estonian: lühendama, lühenema |
 Farsi: كوتاهكردن |
 Finnish: lyhentää |
 French: raccourcir |
 Hebrew: לְקַצֵר |
 Hindi: कम करना, कम हो जाना |
 Croatian: skratiti, prikratiti |
 Hungarian: (meg)rövidít |
 Indonesian: memendekkan |
 Icelandic: stytta |
 Italian: accorciare |
 Japanese: 短くする |
 Korean: 단축하다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)trumpinti |
 Latvian: []īsināt |
 Malay: memendekkan |
 Dutch: verkorten |
 Norwegian: forkorte |
 Polish: skracać |
 Persian: كوتاهكردن |
 Pashto: لنډول: لنډېدل |
 Portuguese: encurtar |
 Romanian: a scurta |
 Russian: укорачивать(ся) |
 Slovak: skrátiť |
 Slovenian: skrajšati (se) |
 Serbian: skratiti |
 Swedish: korta [av], förkorta |
 Thai: ทำให้สั้นลง |
 Turkish: kısal(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 弄短，變短 |
 Ukrainian: скорочувати(ся) |
 Urdu: چھوٹا کرنا یا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: làm ngắn hơn |
 Chinese: 弄短，缩短 |
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