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  Shortening \Short"en*ing\, n.
     1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
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     2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as
        butter, lard, etc.
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  Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
     1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
        to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
        calamity.
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     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.
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              Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
              shortened by my chain.                --Dryden.
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     3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
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              Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
        pot liquor, or the like.
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     To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
  
     To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
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  Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
     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.
  
              Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
              shortened by my chain.                --Dryden.
  
     3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
  
              Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
        pot liquor, or the like.
  
     To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
  
     To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.

  Shortening \Short"en*ing\, n.
     1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
  
     2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as
        butter, lard, etc.

  shortening
       n 1: fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
       2: act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"

  shortening
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 σύμπτυξη
     2 βράχυνση, κόντεμα
     3 (ετικ γλωσσολογία γραμματική Αγγλικά) (γρ clipping συνων en)
  σύντμηση (αποκοπή φθόγγου, ή συλλαβής ή τμήματος λέξης)

  shortening
     Romanian n.
     (l en shortening)

  shortening
     n.
     1 (lb en US cooking) fat that is solid at room temperature, such as
  margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust
  pastry.
     2 (verbal noun of en shorten): the process by which something is made
  shorter; a reduction in length.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shorten nocat=1)

  shortening
     Romanian n.
     (l en shortening)

  shortening
     n.
     1 (lb en US cooking) fat that is solid at room temperature, such as
  margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust
  pastry.
     2 (verbal noun of en shorten): the process by which something is made
  shorter; a reduction in length.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shorten nocat=1)

  shortening
     Englanti n.
     leivontarasva
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s horten ing)

  shortening
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en shorten ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb shorten)

  Shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  الإختصار

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/ 
  скъсяване, съкращаване
  reduction in length

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/ 
  zkracování

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  Backfett , Bratenfett  [Schw.]  [cook.]
   see: vegetable shortening
  

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  Kürzung , Verkürzung 
        "shortening of office hours"  - Verkürzung der Amtsstunden
     Synonym: foreshortening
  

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  kürzend, kürzer machend, stutzend, vermindernd, raffend
   see: shorten sth., shortened, shortens, shortened
  

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  verkürzend, kürzend
     Synonym: truncating
  
   see: shorten sth., truncate sth., shortened, truncated
  

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/ 
  1. lyheneminen, lyhentäminen
  reduction in length
  2. leivontarasva
  solid fat

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/ 
  1. चरबी
        "My mother asked me to purchase some shortening from the market."

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  skraćenje, skraćivanje

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/ 
  短縮
  reduction in length

  shortening /ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  1. yağ
  2. kısaltma, kısalma, ihtisar.

  
/ˈʃɔɹtənɪŋ/, /ˈʃɔɹtnɪŋ/

  n.缩短

     n. 弄短;使脆的材料