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Meaning of shorten

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shorten
      v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench
           in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to
           illness" [ant: {lengthen}]
      2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
         manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge}, {foreshorten},
         {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] [ant:
         {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand}, {expatiate},
         {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out}, {lucubrate}]
      3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope
         by a few inches"
      4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [ant:
         {lengthen}]
      5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
         "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise},
         {expurgate}, {castrate}, {shorten}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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