1. shorten - verb
· make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
Hypernym(s): reduce, cut_down, cut_back, trim, trim_down, trim_back, cut, bring_down
Antonym(s): lengthen
2. shorten - verb
· reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Synonym(s): abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify
3. shorten - verb
· make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
4. shorten - verb
· become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
Hypernym(s): decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Antonym(s): lengthen
5. shorten - verb
· edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
Synonym(s): bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
Hypernym(s): abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
6. shortened - adjective
· cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
Synonym(s): sawed-off, sawn-off
7. shortened - adjective
· cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
Synonym(s): abbreviated, truncated
8. shortened - adjective
· shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
Synonym(s): telescoped
9. shortened - adjective
· with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
Synonym(s): cut
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