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Definition of shorten
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Shorten
(a.) To make
deficient
(as to); to
deprive;
-- with of.
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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..
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..
Contract
::
Contract
(n.) To
shorten
by
omitting
a
letter
or
letters
or by
reducing
two or more
vowels
or
syllables
to one.
Abbreviate
::
Abbreviate
(a.)
Abbreviated;
abridged;
shortened.
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..
Abbreviator
::
Abbreviator
(n.) One who
abbreviates
or
shortens.
Aphetize
::
Aphetize
(v. t.) To
shorten
by
aphesis.
Epitomize
::
Epitomize
(v. t.) To make an
epitome
of; to
shorten
or
abridge,
as a
writing
or
discourse;
to
reduce
within
a
smaller
space;
as, to
epitomize
the works of
Justin..
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..
Shortening
::
Shortening
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Shorte.
Shoot
::
Shoot (n.) An
inclined
plane,
either
artificial
or
natural,
down which
timber,
coal, etc., are
caused
to
slide;
also, a
narrow
passage,
either
natural
or
artificial,
in a
stream,
where the water
rushes
rapidly;
esp., a
channel,
having
a swift
current,
connecting
the ends of a bend in the
stream,
so as to
shorten
the
course..
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..
Welk
::
Welk (v. t.) To
contract;
to
shorten.
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..
Al-
::
Al- (A
prefix.)
To; at; on; -- in OF.
shortened
to a-. See Ad-.
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..
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..
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..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) To make short or
friable,
as
pastry,
with
butter,
lard, pot
liquor,
or the
like..
Curtate
::
Curtate
(a.)
Shortened
or
reduced;
-- said of the
distance
of a
planet
from the sun or
earth,
as
measured
in the plane of the
ecliptic,
or the
distance
from the sun or earth to that point where a
perpendicular,
let fall from the
planet
upon the plane of the
ecliptic,
meets the
ecliptic..
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