SHORTEN

Definition:

1. [verb] make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
   
   
2. [verb] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
   Synonyms: abridge, foreabbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
   
   
3. [verb] make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
   
   
4. [verb] become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
   
   
5. [verb] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
   Synonyms: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
   
   

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Related Words:

• foreshorten
• clip, curtail, cut short
• syncopate
• truncate, cut short
• bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
• digest, condense, concentrate
• cut

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