1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
shorten
v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench
in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to
illness" [ant: lengthen ]
2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge , foreshorten ,
abbreviate , shorten , cut , contract , reduce ] [ant:
dilate , elaborate , enlarge , expand , expatiate ,
exposit , expound , flesh out , lucubrate ]
3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope
by a few inches"
4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten " [ant:
lengthen ]
5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize , bowdlerise ,
expurgate , castrate , shorten ]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shorten \Short"en\, v. i.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern
latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by
cold.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ? ; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening .] [See Short , a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
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2. 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.
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Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
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3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
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Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
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4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
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To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
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4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
Shorten
A form of lossless audio
compression .
[Details?]
(2001-12-17)
Thesaurus Results for shorten : 1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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