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
- He shortened the rope easily.
- The intent was to shorten the route.
- The song is shortened for the album.
- This might shorten the life of the bed.
- This will shorten the life of the policy.
- The name is shortened for the sake of brevity.
- However the technique shortens the users lifespan.
- Formally it is a shortened form of the locative case.
- In 1994 the billing was shortened to the Strub Stakes.
- Shortening involves the contraction of the longitudinal muscle.