shorten

Nghĩa (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.

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

Tính thường xuyên

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈʃɔːtən/

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ

shortnen

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ

schorten

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ

sċortian

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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