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What (who) is Shorten - definition
shorten
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Shorten (disambiguation)
v.
1) (D; tr.) to shorten by (to shorten trousers by two inches)
2) (D; tr.) to shorten to (to shorten a manuscript to acceptable length)
Shorten
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Shorten (disambiguation)
·adj To make deficient (as to); to Deprive;
- with of.
II. Shorten ·adj To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
III. Shorten ·adj To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
IV. Shorten ·vi To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
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Shorten (disambiguation)
v. a.
1.
Abbreviate, abridge, cut short, curtail.
2.
Lessen, diminish, reduce, abridge.
3.
Curtail, cut off.
4.
Contract, lessen, diminish, retrench.
5.
Confine, restrain, restrict, hinder.
6.
Deprive, lop.
Examples of use of Shorten
1. A charter change could shorten it by three years.
2. Constitution, the president can grant pardons and shorten sentences.
3. And you close it down and you shorten the stories, you shorten the heated debate and you get if off the table and you move on," he said.
4. The Palestinians say – shorten procedures on the way to implementation.
5. Its developers are trying to shorten the training time.