SHORTEN


Meaning of SHORTEN in English

v. 1 cut, curtail, cut off or down or short, reduce, diminish, trim; lop off, dock, prune; hem Please shorten the time you spend in the bathroom in the mornings This skirt has already been shortened. 2 condense, abridge, abbreviate, digest, compress: Can one shorten the book without losing too much of the characterization?

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