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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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Contractility
::
Contractility
(n.) The power
possessed
by the
fibers
of
living
muscle
of
contracting
or
shortening.
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The
process
of
shortening
an
operation.
O
::
O'
(prep.)
A
shortened
form of of or on.
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..
Unfalcated
::
Unfalcated
(a.)
Having
no
deductions;
not
curtailed,
or
shortened;
undiminished..
Stop
::
Stop (v. t.) To
regulate
the
sounds
of, as
musical
strings,
by
pressing
them
against
the
finger
board with the
finger,
or by
shortening
in any way the
vibrating
part..
Retract
::
Retract
(v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or
shorten;
as, the cat can
retract
its
claws;
to
retract
a
muscle..
Shortener
::
Shortener
(n.) One who, or that
which,
shortens..
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..
Brigadier General
::
Brigadier
general
() An
officer
in rank next above a
colonel,
and below a major
general.
He
commands
a
brigade,
and is
sometimes
called,
by a
shortening
of his
title,
simple
a
brigadier..
Short
::
Short (v. t.) To
shorten.
Brief
::
Brief (v. t.) To make an
abstract
or
abridgment
of; to
shorten;
as, to brief
pleadings..
Shorten
::
Shorten
(a.) To make short or
friable,
as
pastry,
with
butter,
lard, pot
liquor,
or the
like..
Foreshorten
::
Foreshorten
(v. t.) Fig.: To
represent
pictorially
to the
imagination.
Cut-off
::
Cut-off
(n.) That which cuts off or
shortens,
as a
nearer
passage
or
road..
Sackbut
::
Sackbut
(n.) A brass wind
instrument,
like a bass
trumpet,
so
contrived
that it can be
lengthened
or
shortened
according
to the tone
required;
-- said to be the same as the
trombone..
Systole
::
Systole
(n.) The
shortening
of the long
syllable.
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..
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..
Apocopated
::
Apocopated
(a.)
Shortened
by
apocope;
as, an
apocopate
form..
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