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Definition of shorten
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Shorten
(a.) To make short or
friable,
as
pastry,
with
butter,
lard, pot
liquor,
or the
like..
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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..
Contract
::
Contract
(n.) To draw
together
or
nearer;
to
reduce
to a less
compass;
to
shorten,
narrow,
or
lessen;
as, to
contract
one's
sphere
of
action..
Sheepshank
::
Sheepshank
(n.) A hitch by which a rope may be
temporarily
shortened.
Abbreviate
::
Abbreviate
(a.)
Abbreviated;
abridged;
shortened.
Alcohate
::
Alcohate
(n.)
Shortened
forms of
Alcoholate.
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) To make short or
friable,
as
pastry,
with
butter,
lard, pot
liquor,
or the
like..
Abridgment
::
Abridgment
(n.) An
epitome
or
compend,
as of a book; a
shortened
or
abridged
form; an
abbreviation..
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..
Detuncate
::
Detuncate
(v. t.) To
shorten
by
cutting;
to cut off; to lop off.
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..
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..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) To make
deficient
(as to); to
deprive;
-- with of.
Abbreviation
::
Abbreviation
(n.) The act of
shortening,
or
reducing..
Curtail
::
Curtail
(v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
diminish;
to
reduce..
Abbreviator
::
Abbreviator
(n.) One who
abbreviates
or
shortens.
Unabridged
::
Unabridged
(a.) Not
abridged,
or
shortened;
full;
complete;
entire;
whole..
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..
Abbreviated
::
Abbreviated
(a.)
Shortened;
relatively
short;
abbreviate.
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..
Systole
::
Systole
(n.) The
shortening
of the long
syllable.
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