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Verb
shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
lengthen become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
trim back, trim down, cut back, bring down, cut down, trim, reduce, cut return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
foreshorten shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
curtail, cut short, clip interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
syncopate modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
truncate, cut short make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
shorten - make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
lengthen become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
shorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
edit out, edit, cut prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
condense, concentrate, digest undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
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Verb
shorten - To make shorter; to abbreviate.
shorten - To become shorter.

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  • Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files. Shorten is no longer developed and more recent lossless audio codecs such as FLAC, Monkey's Audio (APE), TTA, and WavPack (WV) have become more popular.

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  • shorten
    To make shorter.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) shorten
  • Presens: shorten / shortens
  • Preteritum: shortened
  • Perfektum: (have) shortened

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