Shorten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make short or shorter.
  • v. Nautical To take in (a sail) so that less canvas is exposed to the wind, thereby reducing speed.
  • v. To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity.
  • v. To add shortening to (dough) so as to make flaky.
  • verb-intransitive. To become short or shorter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make shorter; to abbreviate.
  • v. To become shorter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time
  • v. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract
  • v. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
  • v. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
  • verb-intransitive. To become short or shorter
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become short or shorter; contract; diminish in length: as, ropes shorten when wet.
  • To make anything short: used with in in the nautical phrase to shorten in on the cable, to heave in short or shorter.
  • To come short; fail.
  • To make short or shorter; abridge; curtail: as, to shorten hours of work; to shorten the skirt of a dress.
  • To make appear short: as, pleasant companionship shortens a journey; a concave mirror shortens the face.
  • Figuratively, to make inefficient or incapable. Compare short-armed.
  • To take in; contract; lessen in extent or amount: as, to shorten sail; to shorten an allowance.
  • To check; confine; restrain.
  • To deprive.
  • To cause to come short or fail.
  • To make short or friable, as pastry with butter or lard.
  • To pronounce or measure as short: as, to shorten a vowel or syllable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make short or shorter
  • v. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
  • v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • v. become short or shorter
  • v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  • Antonym
    lengthen   
    Verb Form
    shortened    shortening    shortens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease    abbreviate    abridge    contract    foreshorten    cut    reduce   
    Cross Reference
    diminish    abbreviate    contract    beguile    lower    deprive    to shorten in    to shorten sail   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lessen    abridge    curtail    contract    deprive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Morton    Norton    Orton    Wharton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    margarine    glower    cornstarch    shortness    shrinkage