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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Shorten
       
           A form of lossless audio
          compression.
       
          [Details?]
       
          (2001-12-17)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Shorten \Short"en\, v. i.
     To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern
     latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by
     cold.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
              shortened by my chain.                --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
        pot liquor, or the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
  
     To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Shorten \Short"en\, v. i.
     To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern
     latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by
     cold.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shorten
       v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in
            length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to
            illness" [ant: lengthen]
       2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
          manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten,
           abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate]
       3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the
          rope by a few inches"
       4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [ant:
           lengthen]
       5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
          "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate,
           castrate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     Αγγλικά vb.
     συμπτύσσω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become shorter.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
     4 (lb en transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with
  butter, lard, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or
  extent; to lessen.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Shorten
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become shorter.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
     4 (lb en transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with
  butter, lard, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or
  extent; to lessen.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Shorten
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become shorter.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
     4 (lb en transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with
  butter, lard, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or
  extent; to lessen.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Shorten
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become shorter.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
     4 (lb en transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with
  butter, lard, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or
  extent; to lessen.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Shorten
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     Englanti vb.
     1 lyhentää
     2 lyhentyä, lyhetä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shorten
     Engelska vb.
     1 förkorta
     2 kortna, avta

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  shorten /ʃˈɔːtən/
  bekort

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Shorten /ʃˈɔːtən/
  قصّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  shorten //ˈʃɔɹtən// //ˈʃɔːtən// 
  1. скъсявам се
  to become shorter
  2. скъсявам, съкращавам
  to make shorter