Word Finder - shorten

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To make shorter; to abbreviate.

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To become shorter.

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To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

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To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.

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To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.

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to shorten an allowance of food

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To take in the slack of (a rope).

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To reduce (sail) by taking it in.

It has long been a Canadian ideal to shorten the distance from Lake Superior to the sea.

If you're handy with a needle and thread, you can easily shorten the sleeves yourself.

As this amount seems to be markedly less than that which would be expected from the cause in question, it is probable that some other cause tends to accelerate the earth's rotation and so to shorten the day.

Ironically, to protect the sanctity of her life, she had to shorten it.

It is chiefly distinguished from it by a marked tendency to shorten words at all costs, e.g.

Every time you push the bottom left button you'll shorten the duration of a note.

It will shorten the life span of your furniture dramatically.

Most short priced horses shorten up nearer the race time.

It extended as I went back, only to shorten when pulling me back in.

She has questioned ways of getting health treatment abroad to shorten waiting lists in 1996 as Radio 4's You and Your 's Europe Reporter.

With these advantages, your pet will be better able to fend off diseases that might shorten its life expectancy.

If you can alter the dress, you can shorten it or add a slit to make it more extreme.

For instance, your biceps flex (shorten) to lift the weight, while your triceps extend (lengthen) to lift it.

Another option is to link to a blog entry or an image by using a site like Bit.ly to shorten long URLs.

Its use of the BASIC language with inbuilt control instructions can dramatically shorten industrial development time.

New products and channel relationships will shorten the time-to-deployment of increasingly common speech apps in defined industries and functional areas.

Morphine and similar drugs titrated up for pain control, and even sedatives in the terminal phase of illness, do not shorten life.

Fitted to cranks to shorten distance between pedals, making a shorter turning circle for short legs.

Vanished civilization where large bet on to shorten the least in part.

Although the plot may not sound like much, Selznick's brilliant illustrations make the book come alive and seem to considerably shorten its length, despite the fact that it's more than 500 pages long.

Sometimes you can significantly shorten the period of time required to pay off your debt by just paying a small amount over the minimum payment.

While there's no cure for herpes, herbal remedies can shorten the length of an outbreak or reduce the severity of symptoms.

Overwashing is a common problem and will shorten the life of your rug.

This shade will help to make that double chin disappear, shorten the forehead and offer a more contoured appearance.

Shorten the shutter speed as much as possible and make the aperture as large as possible.

Depression that arrives as days (and daylight time) shorten in autumn and winter yet vanishes in the spring and summer when longer days of sunlight resume.

If a future celebrity is born with an especially long surname, or one that is foreign or difficult to spell, they may decide to shorten or simplify it.

Any of these illnesses can shorten your pet's life significantly, but an obese dog often faces a combination of these conditions.

Whether your dog has a long history of resisting your best training efforts or you simply want to discourage nuisance barking, using this collar just might shorten the amount of time it takes to train your pet.

One last thing, whether you are walking or running, shorten your steps, taking bigger steps will only slow you down.

Both PediPaws and Peticure brand trimmers are cordless pet nail grinders that can effectively shorten and smooth a dog's nails without risking the pain and bleeding associated with traditional clippers.

By topping we increase the size of the flower, but shorten its duration.

You'll also probably have to shorten tiles on the last row at each wall.

To shorten tiles, turn them upside down against the wall and mark the position of the last full row of tiles.

When it's time to walk, shorten your strides and don't be afraid to get your hips involved.

You can take your clothing to a talented seamstress or tailor and they should be able to shorten any pant legs or sleeves so that your rain clothes fit you properly.

Avoid cuffs, which shorten and widen your legs at the point where the cuff hits.

As lapels grew larger in the 1970s, it created a broadening effect across the upper torso, which could work for a large bust but conversely could shorten and emphasize an already wide figure.

Be on the lookout for cords that are dangling down from a table or other higher surface and shorten them or put them in the different location so that a youngster won't be able to pull on them when trying to stand.

The first four stages will shorten while the REM stage lengths.

During laser surgery for snoring, which is an outpatient procedure, a surgeon uses a hand-held laser to remove the uvula and shorten the soft palate.

Avoid pointing your toes as that encourages the muscle to shorten and contract.

Finding the contact lens for you is often a trial-and-error process anyway; it helps to have a doctor who feels confident in their ability to shorten that time frame.

Here, you'll want to widen and shorten the face with sunglass styles that do not extend beyond the widest part of the face.

There are codes that mean to lengthen or shorten a note, like brackets around a number that mean to hold it until a dot appears on the screen, or the number eight or nine signaling a shortened or lengthened note respectively.

There is a basic free version and a $5 app that lets you shorten URLs, save searches, post videos, manage more than one account, and more.

Using more intense applications over the 4G LTE connection will likely shorten the battery life even further.

The symptoms of CMT usually progress slowly over many years but do not usually shorten life expectancy.

They do not shorten the length of the illness, nor do they lessen the symptoms.

Eye infections may benefit from topical corticosteroids to relieve symptoms and shorten the course of the disease.