Shorten definitions

Shorten

1) Abbreviate 2) Abridge 3) Add butter 4) Become short or shorter 5) Bring down 6) Condense 7) Convert to a mini 8) Curtail 9) Cut back 10) Cut down 11) Cut short 12) Disturb hornets by a bridge 13) Dock 14) Edit 15) Edit for space 16) Make short or shorter 17) Pare 18) Prune 19) Reduce 20) Reduce in length
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/shorten

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Shorten

1) Abbreviate 2) Abridge 3) Alter 4) Bowdlerise 5) Bowdlerize 6) Crop 7) Cut 8) Edit 9) Expurgate 10) Foreshorten 11) Limit 12) Lop 13) Pare 14) Rehem 15) Syncopate
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/shorten

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Shorten

When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse.[6]
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Australian_and_New_Zealand_punting

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Shorten

[file format] Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files (44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo PCM). Shorten is no longer developed and other lossless audio codecs such as FLAC, Monkey`s Audio (APE), TTA, and WavPack (WV) have become m...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten_(file_format)

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Shorten

• (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. • (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. • (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to sh...
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/shorten/

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shorten

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 c...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

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Shorten

Short'en intransitive verb To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/92

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Shorten

Short'en transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shortened ... ; present participle & verbal noun Shortening .] [ See Short , adjective ] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or tim...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/92

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Shorten

When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse.
Found on http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary152.htm

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shorten

[v] - make short or shorter 2. [v] - make shorter than originally intended 3. [v] - become short or shorter
Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=shorten

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