shorten

Definitions

• (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
• (intransitive) To become shorter.
• (transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
• (transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
• (transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
• (nautical) To take in the slack of (a rope).
• (nautical) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.