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Significado de shorten

v.

Reduzir, diminuir, encurtar, abreviar.

a.

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
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.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold

v.

reduce generic term, cut down generic term, cut back generic term, trim generic term, trim down generic term, trim back generic term, cut generic term, bring down generic term, lengthen antonym verb, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce, decrease generic term, lessen generic term, minify generic term, expand antonym verb, change generic term, alter generic term, modify generic term verb, decrease generic term, diminish generic term, lessen generic term, fall generic term, lengthen antonym verb, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, abridge generic term, foreshorten generic term, abbreviate generic term, shorten generic term, cut generic term, contract generic term, reduce generic term

Vogais: oe

Consoantes: shrtn

Palavras Parecidas

short ton, swordmen, sortition, sordine, sordino, shower down, scrutiny, secretin, serotine, sheraton.