Shorten

v. t.	1.	To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shortening.]
	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.
v. i.	1.	To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

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" Synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, contract, reduce, cut
	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" Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate

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Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression.

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