vverb.changemake shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or durationExamples:- He shortened his trip due to illness
Antonyms:lengthen
Derivationally Related Form:shortener
Hypernyms:bring down cut cut back cut down reduce trim trim back trim down
Inherited Hypernyms:shortenreducedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:clipcurtailcut shortforeshortensyncopatetruncate
Causes:shorten
Full Troponyms:clipforeshortensyncopatetruncate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changereduce in scope while retaining essential elementsSynset:abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten
Examples:- The manuscript must be shortened
Antonyms:expand
Derivationally Related Form:abridgementshortenerabridgercontractionabbreviator
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:abridgedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:bowdlerisebowdlerizecastrateconcentratecondensedigestexpurgateshorten
Full Troponyms:bowdlerizedigestencapsulatetelescope
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: abridge)
vverb.changemake short or shorterExamples:- shorten the skirt
- shorten the rope by a few inches
Derivationally Related Form:shorteningshortener
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:shortenchange
Direct Hyponyms:cut
Full Troponyms:cropcutfleecefrenchshave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- their hair (apply to: shorten)
vverb.changebecome short or shorterExamples:- In winter, the days shorten
Antonyms:lengthen
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shortendecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changeedit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicateSynset:bowdlerise bowdlerize castrate expurgate shorten
Derivationally Related Form:bowdlerizationexpurgatorcastrationexpurgationBowdlerbowdlerizerbowdlerisationbowdleriser
Hypernyms:abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten
Inherited Hypernyms:bowdlerizeabridgedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: expurgate, shorten, bowdlerise, bowdlerize)
adj satadj.allcut shortSynset:sawed-off sawn-off
Examples:- a sawed-off shotgun
- a sawed-off broomstick
- the shortened rope was easier to use
Antonyms:long
Inherited Hypernyms:sawed-off
Similar to:short
adj satadj.allcut short in durationSynset:abbreviated truncated
Examples:- the abbreviated speech
- her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
- an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
Antonyms:long
Inherited Hypernyms:abbreviated
Similar to:short
adj satadj.allshortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into anotherSynset:telescoped
Examples:- a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
- years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
Antonyms:long
Inherited Hypernyms:telescoped
Similar to:short