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shorten::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate |
| Type of | abridge, abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce |
shorten::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce |
| Type of | decrease, lessen, minify |
| Has types | bowdlerise, digest, castrate, bowdlerize, expurgate, condense, concentrate |
| Verb group | edit, edit out, cut |
| Derivation | shortener |
The manuscript must be shortened.
Examples of shorten
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This isn't the first time a studio has tried to shorten the home release window.
From the forbes.com
Being able to do so with a partner can shorten the days and lengthen the laughs.
From the ocregister.com
While there is no cure, antiviral medications can shorten and prevent outbreaks.
From the sciencedaily.com
Depression may shorten life because patients won't take medicine or go to rehab.
From the usatoday.com
If you have smaller windows and don't want the length, most are easy to shorten.
From the dailyherald.com
That will, at least, shorten the traffic jams to which the nano will contribute.
From the economist.com
These sideways stripes disrupt the line of your outfit and visually shorten you.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It is three times as common in women as in men and can shorten life by a decade.
From the time.com
Such a process could shorten the wait for organ transplants, saving human lives.
From the time.com
- Make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
- Abridge: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
- Make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
- Bowdlerize: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- (shortened) sawed-off: cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
- (shortened) abbreviated: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
- Telescoped: shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
- Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files (44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo PCM). ...
- Shortening is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it promotes a "short" or crumbly texture (as in shortbread). Shortening is fat or lard from an animal or vegetable. ...
