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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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Abbreviate
::
Abbreviate
(v. t.) To make
briefer;
to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
reduce
by
contraction
or
omission,
especially
of words
written
or
spoken..
Curtail
::
Curtail
(v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
diminish;
to
reduce..
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..
Shortcake
::
Shortcake
(n.) An
unsweetened
breakfast
cake
shortened
with
butter
or lard,
rolled
thin, and
baked..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) To make
deficient
(as to); to
deprive;
-- with of.
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..
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..
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..
Brief
::
Brief (v. t.) To make an
abstract
or
abridgment
of; to
shorten;
as, to brief
pleadings..
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..
Foreshorten
::
Foreshorten
(v. t.) Fig.: To
represent
pictorially
to the
imagination.
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..
Aphetize
::
Aphetize
(v. t.) To
shorten
by
aphesis.
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..
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..
Retraction
::
Retraction
(n.) The act of
retracting
or
shortening;
as, the
retraction
of a
severed
muscle;
the
retraction
of a
sinew..
Contract
::
Contract
(n.) To
shorten
by
omitting
a
letter
or
letters
or by
reducing
two or more
vowels
or
syllables
to one.
Short
::
Short (v. t.) To
shorten.
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