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Shorten Meaning in German |
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verkürzen
, kürzer machen
, abkürzen
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Definition & Synonyms
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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 shorten days of calamity.
- (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
- (a.) 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.
Synonyms:
Abbreviate, Abridge, Bowdlerize, Castrate, Contract, Cut, Expurgate, Foreshorten, Reduce,
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• Shortener
- (n.) One who, or that which, shortens.
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named, displeasure, adulteration, dank, nonplus, shirt, congregation, underground, bowel, ancestor, peacock, multilateral, prohibit, autocrat, pocket knife, hauler, family name, kiosk, carbonate, brill, prig, heterodox, benefice, amputee, organization, waiting, spank, compensation, hund, plod, betrayal, aristocrat, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, Blend, I, Do, Go, Abash, Dark, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Dedicate, Abbreviate, Romance, Father, Sparkling, Gash, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Abductor, |
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