shorten
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
Other meanings
To become shorter.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
Antonyms
- extend
Related words
- foreshorten
- overshorten
- preshorten
- reshorten
- shortenable
- shortener
- unshorten
- unshortened
- shorten down
- shorten up
- shortening
Word history
From Old English "sċortian" (to become short).
Where this comes from
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