Shorten
Definition of Shorten
Short´en | v. t. | 1. | To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. | | 2. | To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc. | | 3. | To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of. | | 4. | To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. | | v. i. | 1. | To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. |
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