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Verb: shorten short(u)n- Make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
"He shortened his trip due to illness" - Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
- abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce - Make short or shorter
"shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" - Become short or shorter
"In winter, the days shorten" - Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- bowdlerize, bowdlerise [Brit], expurgate, castrate
Derived forms: shortens, shortened, shortening See also: shortener, shortening Type of: alter, bring down, change, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen, minify, modify, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down Antonym: lengthen Encyclopedia: Shorten |