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verb : SHORTENED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" ;
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2. (
) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" ;
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3. (
) make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" ;
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4. (
) become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" ;
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5. (
) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" ;
Adjective : SHORTENED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" ;
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2. (
) cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" ;
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3. (
) shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream" ;
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