shorten
11Shorten — Infobox Software name = Shorten caption = developer = Tony Robinson latest release version = latest release date = latest preview version = latest preview date = operating system = Cross platform genre = Audio codec Encoder license = website =… …
12shorten — v. 1) (D; tr.) to shorten by (to shorten trousers by two inches) 2) (D; tr.) to shorten to (to shorten a manuscript to acceptable length) * * * [ ʃɔːtn] (D; tr.) to shorten to (to shorten a manuscript o acceptable length) (D;tr.) to shorten by… …
13shorten — [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t(ə)n[/t]] shortens, shortening, shortened 1) V ERG If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. [V n] Smoking can shorten …
14shorten — short•en [[t]ˈʃɔr tn[/t]] v. t. 1) to make short or shorter 2) to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail[/ex] 3) coo to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat 4) to become short or shorter 5) (of odds) to decrease …
15shorten — shortener, n. /shawr tn/, v.t. 1. to make short or shorter. 2. to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail. 3. to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat. 4. Sports. choke (def. 8). v.i. 5. to bec …
16shorten — verb (shortened; shortening) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to reduce the length or duration of b. to cause to seem short 2. a. to reduce in power or efficiency < is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard …
17Shorten — This is a locational surname which probably derives from the village of Shorton, near Paignton, in Devon. The name means or meant originally in pre Norman times, that is before the 1066 Invasion of William The Conqueror, the tun (farm) on the… …
18shorten — UK [ˈʃɔː(r)t(ə)n] / US [ˈʃɔrt(ə)n] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms shorten : present tense I/you/we/they shorten he/she/it shortens present participle shortening past tense shortened past participle shortened to become shorter, or to… …
19Shorten — Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Chorten. Shorten (qui signifie « raccourcir » en anglais) est un format de fichier audio sans perte, de qualité CD (44,1 kHz 16 bit stéréo PCM). Il est similaire aux formats ZIP ou RAR,… …
20shorten — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, significantly ▪ The course has now been shortened considerably. ▪ slightly …
