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English Definition
    verb
  1. shorten: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration "He shortened his trip due to illness" Antonym: lengthen
  2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened"
  3. shorten: make short or shorter "shorten the skirt", "shorten the rope by a few inches"
  4. shorten: become short or shorter "In winter, the days shorten" Antonym: lengthen
  5. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel"
Translation
Not found. Request noted. Other translations below.Chinese nòng duǎn, tuǒ, 弄短, 撱, 弄短, 撱
Dutch bekorten, inkorten, inkrimpen, korten, verkorten, afkorten
Greek λιγοστεύω
Italian accorci
Portugueseencurtais
Russian укорачиваться, укорачивать
Serbianskratiti
Spanish acortamos
Swahili fupisha
Swedish fцrkorta