shorten
Εννοια (English)
- To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- To become shorter.
- To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
- To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
- To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
- To make crumbly.
- To take in the slack of (a rope).
- To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
Synonyms
abbreviate
make smaller
take summary action
make brief
make small
get shorter
make short
be concise
prune out
take a short cut
be amputated
make a precis of
move closer
cease burning
grow short
amputate
become smaller
make an abstract of
make shorter
move back
Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈʃɔːtən/
Ετυμολογία (English)
In summary
From Middle English shortnen, schortenen, equivalent to short + -en (verbal suffix). In some senses, a continuation (in altered form) of Middle English schorten (“to make short, shorten”), from Old English sċortian (“to become short”), from Proto-Germanic *skurtōną (“to shorten”).
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