SHORTENS

Verb

shortens

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shorten

Proper noun

Shortens

plural of Shorten

Source: Wiktionary


SHORTEN

Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shortening.] Etym: [See Short, a.]

1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

2. 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. Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain. Dryden.

3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of. Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears. Dryden.

4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.

– To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.

Short"en, v. i.

Definition: To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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