transitive. To make short or shorter; to shorten. To reduce the length of (a material object, a journey); to cut short. to short (a person) by the h…

transitive. To make shorter, to diminish the length of, to abridge, curtail. With reference to linear measurement. †to shorten up: to contract…

transitive. To reduce to a stump; to truncate, mutilate; also, †to stunt, dwarf.

To check the growth of; to shorten; to cut, nip, or break off, the end of (a thing). Now rare.

transitive. To pull (a belt, strap, etc.) up or in, so as to tighten or shorten.