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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.

To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of.

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.

To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of.

To make short of shorter in time, extent, or measure; to make crisp or brittle, as pastry, by using butter, lard, etc.

To grow or become shorter or briefer.

To become short or shorter: to contract.

To make, or become, short, or shorter.

To make or become short or shorter; curtail; reduce; lessen.

To make crisp, as pastry.