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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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Slide
::
Slide (n.) An
apparatus
in the
trumpet
and
trombone
by which the
sounding
tube is
lengthened
and
shortened
so as to
produce
the tones
between
the
fundamental
and its
harmonics.
Aphetic
::
Aphetic
(a.)
Shortened
by
dropping
a
letter
or a
syllable
from the
beginning
of a word; as, an
aphetic
word or
form..
Foreshortening
::
Foreshortening
(n.)
Representation
in a
foreshortened
mode or way.
Abridge
::
Abridge
(v. t.) To make
shorter;
to
shorten
in
duration;
to
lessen;
to
diminish;
to
curtail;
as, to
abridge
labor;
to
abridge
power or
rights..
Unabridged
::
Unabridged
(a.) Not
abridged,
or
shortened;
full;
complete;
entire;
whole..
Brief
::
Brief (v. t.) To make an
abstract
or
abridgment
of; to
shorten;
as, to brief
pleadings..
Upset
::
Upset (v. t.) To
shorten
(a tire) in the
process
of
resetting,
originally
by
cutting
it and
hammering
on the
ends..
Cut-off
::
Cut-off
(n.) That which cuts off or
shortens,
as a
nearer
passage
or
road..
Apocopation
::
Apocopation
(n.)
Shortening
by
apocope;
the state of being
apocopated.
Dock
::
Dock (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to
shorten;
to
deduct
from; to
subject
to a
deduction;
as, to dock one's
wages..
Contract
::
Contract
(n.) To
shorten
by
omitting
a
letter
or
letters
or by
reducing
two or more
vowels
or
syllables
to one.
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The
process
of
shortening
an
operation.
Cut-out
::
Cut-out
(n.) A
species
of
switch
for
changing
the
current
from one
circuit
to
another,
or for
shortening
a
circuit..
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..
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..
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..
Biscuit
::
Biscuit
(n.) A small loaf or cake of
bread,
raised
and
shortened,
or made light with soda or
baking
powder.
Usually
a
number
are baked in the same pan,
forming
a sheet or
card..
Unfalcated
::
Unfalcated
(a.)
Having
no
deductions;
not
curtailed,
or
shortened;
undiminished..
Abbreviated
::
Abbreviated
(a.)
Shortened;
relatively
short;
abbreviate.
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..
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