Associations to the word «Shortened»
Noun
- Smoking
- Labor
- Suffix
- Velocity
- Diarrhea
- Warmer
- Tendency
- Canal
- Period
- Faster
- Infection
- Onset
- Bill
- Replication
- Relaxation
- Opposition
- Tendon
- Nickname
- Shelf
- Voyage
- Drag
- Chunk
- Censor
- Speed
- Mosquito
- Stress
- Pitch
- Candidacy
- Suffering
- Joint
- Suspense
- Parole
- Loop
- Expressway
- Remove
- Wavelength
- Complication
- Efficiency
- Spine
- Strain
- Chromosome
- Tract
- Sentence
- Plenty
- Zinc
- Travelling
- Hour
- Closer
- Name
- Time
- Allies
- Trump
- Fold
- Life
- Wage
- Rotation
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SHORTEN, verb. (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
SHORTEN, verb. (intransitive) To become shorter.
SHORTEN, verb. (transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
SHORTEN, verb. (transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
SHORTEN, verb. (transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
SHORTEN, verb. (nautical) (transitive) To take in the slack of (a rope).
SHORTEN, verb. (nautical) (transitive) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
Dictionary definition
SHORTEN, verb. Make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness".
SHORTEN, verb. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened".
SHORTEN, verb. Make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches".
SHORTEN, verb. Become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten".
SHORTEN, verb. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.