shorten
IPA: ʃˈɔrtʌn
noun
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- (intransitive) To become shorter.
- (transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
- (transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
- (baking, of pastries, transitive) To make crumbly.
- (nautical, transitive) To take in the slack of (a rope).
- (nautical, transitive) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
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Examples of "shorten" in Sentences
- This will "shorten" the rod by as much as 18 inches.
- Mournest thy vanish'd joys in MYSTES 'shorten'd days.
- Does your business name shorten into an undesired acronym?
- REPORT: Toyota may 'shorten' gas pedals to fix unintended acceleration issue
- The hotel had added extra staff at the desk, she noticed, to shorten the wait.
- In Cambodia they like to shorten the English words ... so a motorcycle is called a moto.
- 21: 56 @Djalfy I don't remember if the Twitter homepage does the auto-shorten thing ... the url shorten is useful though.
- "Wow, that's even better," Mike responded, "but could you sort by employee last name shorten the job title field to 30 characters max?
- delightful tale, though I have trouble pronouncing the names and I like that the title shorten to Miss Blah, which defines beauty pageants for me, a very enjoyable read
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