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Definition of shorten
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shorten is as below...
Shorten
(a.) To make short or
shorter
in
measure,
extent,
or time; as, to
shorten
distance;
to
shorten
a road; to
shorten
days of
calamity..
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Abbreviation
::
Abbreviation
(n.) The act of
shortening,
or
reducing..
Shortener
::
Shortener
(n.) One who, or that
which,
shortens..
Foreshorten
::
Foreshorten
(v. t.) To
represent
on a plane
surface,
as if
extended
in a
direction
toward
the
spectator
or
nearly
so; to
shorten
by
drawing
in
perspective..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) 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..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(v. i.) To
become
short or
shorter;
as, the day
shortens
in
northern
latitudes
from June to
December;
a
metallic
rod
shortens
by
cold..
Trim
::
Trim (v. t.) To make ready or right by
cutting
or
shortening;
to clip or lop; to
curtail;
as, to trim the hair; to trim a
tree..
Enough
::
Enough
(interj.)
An
exclamation
denoting
sufficiency,
being a
shortened
form of it is
enough..
Quicken
::
Quicken
(a.) To
shorten
the
radius
of (a
curve);
to make (a
curve)
sharper;
as, to
quicken
the
sheer,
that is, to make its curve more
pronounced..
Brief
::
Brief (v. t.) To make an
abstract
or
abridgment
of; to
shorten;
as, to brief
pleadings..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) To make short or
shorter
in
measure,
extent,
or time; as, to
shorten
distance;
to
shorten
a road; to
shorten
days of
calamity..
A
::
A
(prep.)
In
process
of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with
verbal
substantives
in -ing which begin with a
consonant.
This is a
shortened
form of the
preposition
an
(which
was used
before
the vowel
sound);
as in a
hunting,
a
building,
a
begging..
Brigadier General
::
Brigadier
general
() An
officer
in rank next above a
colonel,
and below a major
general.
He
commands
a
brigade,
and is
sometimes
called,
by a
shortening
of his
title,
simple
a
brigadier..
Curtail
::
Curtail
(v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
diminish;
to
reduce..
Tuck
::
Tuck (v. t.) To draw up; to
shorten;
to fold
under;
to press into a
narrower
compass;
as, to tuck the
bedclothes
in; to tuck up one's
sleeves..
Abbreviate
::
Abbreviate
(v. t.) To make
briefer;
to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
reduce
by
contraction
or
omission,
especially
of words
written
or
spoken..
Shortening
::
Shortening
(n.) That which
renders
pastry
short or
friable,
as
butter,
lard, etc..
Anti
::
Anti () A
prefix
meaning
against,
opposite
or
opposed
to,
contrary,
or in place of; -- used in
composition
in many
English
words.
It is often
shortened
to ant-; as,
antacid,
antarctic..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The act or
process
of
contracting,
shortening,
or
shrinking;
the state of being
contracted;
as,
contraction
of the
heart,
of the pupil of the eye, or of a
tendion;
the
contraction
produced
by
cold..
Aphetic
::
Aphetic
(a.)
Shortened
by
dropping
a
letter
or a
syllable
from the
beginning
of a word; as, an
aphetic
word or
form..
Fake
::
Fake (v. t.) To
manipulate
fraudulently,
so as to make an
object
appear
better
or other than it
really
is; as, to fake a
bulldog,
by
burning
his upper lip and thus
artificially
shortening
it..
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