shortened

shorten /'ʃɔ:tn/
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    Xem thêm: sawed-off, sawn-off, abbreviated, truncated, telescoped, cut, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate



    shortened

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • cut short; sawed-off, sawn-off

      a sawed-off shotgun

      a sawed-off broomstick

      the shortened rope was easier to use

    • cut short in duration; abbreviated, truncated

      the abbreviated speech

      her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking

      an unsatisfactory truncated conversation

    • shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; telescoped

      a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars

      years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream

    • with parts removed; cut

      the drastically cut film

      v.

    • make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

      He shortened his trip due to illness

    • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce

      The manuscript must be shortened

    • make short or shorter

      shorten the skirt

      shorten the rope by a few inches

    • become short or shorter

      In winter, the days shorten

    • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate

      bowdlerize a novel

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    shortens|shortened|shortening
    ant.: lengthen