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Shorten Meaning in German |
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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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• Shortening
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shorten
- (n.) The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
- (n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.
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