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shorten
English
- 🔊 become short or shorter“In winter, the days shorten”
- 🔊 make shorter than originally intended“He shortened his trip due to illness”
- 🔊 make short or shorter“shorten the skirt”
- 🔊 reduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”
- 🔊 edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate“bowdlerize a novel”
Spanish
- 🔊 acortar to shorten
- 🔊 amainar to shorten, to take in
- 🔊 agolar to shorten, to take in the sails