shorten
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(verb) become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
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Antonyms: lengthen |
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(verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
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Related Words: bring down, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut short, foreshorten, reduce, syncopate, trim, trim back, trim down, truncate |
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Antonyms: lengthen |
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(verb) make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" |
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Related Words: alter, change, cut |
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(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" |
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Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate |
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Related Words: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
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Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce |
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Related Words: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, concentrate, condense, decrease, expurgate, lessen, minify, shorten |
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