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Shorten 1Definition: To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
Shorten 2Definition: 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. Shorten 3Definition: To make deficient (as to); to deprive; with of. Shorten 4Definition: To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. Shorten 5Definition: To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. shorten 6Definition: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" shorten 7Definition: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" shorten 8Definition: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" shorten 9Definition: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" shorten 10Definition: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
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