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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
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..
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Della Crusca
::
Della
Crusca
() A
shortened
form of
Accademia
della
Crusca,
an
academy
in
Florence,
Italy,
founded
in the 16th
century,
especially
for
conserving
the
purity
of the
Italian
language..
Abbreviator
::
Abbreviator
(n.) One who
abbreviates
or
shortens.
Contractility
::
Contractility
(n.) The power
possessed
by the
fibers
of
living
muscle
of
contracting
or
shortening.
Cut-off
::
Cut-off
(n.) That which cuts off or
shortens,
as a
nearer
passage
or
road..
Shortening
::
Shortening
(n.) The act of
making
or
becoming
short or
shorter.
Pa
::
Pa (n.) A
shortened
form of Papa.
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..
Abbreviate
::
Abbreviate
(v. t.) To make
briefer;
to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
reduce
by
contraction
or
omission,
especially
of words
written
or
spoken..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The
process
of
shortening
an
operation.
Shortened /
::
Shortened
/ (imp. & p. p.) of
Shorte.
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..
Alcohate
::
Alcohate
(n.)
Shortened
forms of
Alcoholate.
Shortening
::
Shortening
(n.) That which
renders
pastry
short or
friable,
as
butter,
lard, etc..
Abridge
::
Abridge
(v. t.) To
shorten
or
contract
by using fewer
words,
yet
retaining
the
sense;
to
epitomize;
to
condense;
as, to
abridge
a
history
or
dictionary..
Apocopation
::
Apocopation
(n.)
Shortening
by
apocope;
the state of being
apocopated.
Retraction
::
Retraction
(n.) The act of
retracting
or
shortening;
as, the
retraction
of a
severed
muscle;
the
retraction
of a
sinew..
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..
Scrimp
::
Scrimp
(v. t.) To make too small or
short;
to limit or
straiten;
to put on short
allowance;
to
scant;
to
contract;
to
shorten;
as, to
scrimp
the
pattern
of a
coat..
Aphetic
::
Aphetic
(a.)
Shortened
by
dropping
a
letter
or a
syllable
from the
beginning
of a word; as, an
aphetic
word or
form..
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..
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