shorten
/ˈʃɔːtən//ˈʃɔɹtən/
verb
- 1
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- 2
To become shorter.
- 3
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
- 4
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
- 5
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
“to shorten an allowance of food”
- 6
To take in the slack of (a rope).
- 7
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
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