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Definitions of shorten
  1. verb
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  2. verb
    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    "The manuscript must be shortened"
  3. verb
    become short or shorter
    "In winter, the days shorten"
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  4. verb
    make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
    "He shortened his trip due to illness"
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  5. verb
    make short or shorter
    "shorten the skirt" "shorten the rope by a few inches"
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Definition that contains shorten
  • cut shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
  • shortened shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
  • abbreviation shortening something by omitting parts of it
  • effacement shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
  • abbreviate shorten
  • foreshorten shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
  • telescoped shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
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