v. t. | 1. | To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; | ||||||
2. | To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; | |||||||
3. | To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of. | |||||||
4. | To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
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v. i. | 1. | To become short or shorter; |
Verb | 1. | shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" Antonyms: lengthen - make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" |
2. | shorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" | |
3. | shorten - make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" | |
4. | shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" Antonyms: lengthen - become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" | |
5. | shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" |
(audio, compression) | Shorten - A form of lossless audio
compression. |