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verbedit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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verbreduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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verbbecome short or shorterOpposite:
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verbmake shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or durationOpposite:
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verbmake short or shorter
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