v. 25B6; verb MAKE SHORTER, abbreviate, abridge, condense, precis, synopsize, contract, compress, reduce, shrink, diminish, cut (down); dock, trim, crop, pare down, prune; curtail, truncate.
extend.
SHORTEN
Meaning of SHORTEN in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012