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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..

Aphetic :: Aphetic (a.) Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form..

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..

Short :: Short (v. t.) To shorten.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..

Shorten :: 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..

Detuncate :: Detuncate (v. t.) To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.

Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

Unabridged :: Unabridged (a.) Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole..

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..

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..

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like..

Pullman Car :: Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman..

O :: O' (prep.) A shortened form of of or on.

Foreshorten :: Foreshorten (v. t.) Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.

Esquire :: Esquire (n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire..

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..

Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..

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