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'shorten' - used as a verb
1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
He shortened his trip due to illness
 2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened
 3. make short or shorter
shorten the skirt
 shorten the rope by a few inches
 4. become short or shorter
In winter, the days shorten
 5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

derived forms
1. Shorten / Past
shortened
2. Shorten / Third Person
shortens
3. Shorten / Present Participle
shortening
Variations of 'shorten'
  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • alter
  • bring down
  • change
  • contract
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • fall
  • foreshorten
  • lessen
  • minify
  • modify
  • reduce
  • shorten
  • trim
  • trim back
  • trim down
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    Antonym
  • lengthen
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    It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. - Click here to find out.
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    The name "cranberry" comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called "crane berry." The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be "cranberry."