shorten
Shorten is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter N for which we found 5 definitions.
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| (a.) To make short or shorter in measure extent or time; as to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. |
| (a.) 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. |
| (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of. |
| (a.) To make short or friable as pastry with butter lard pot liquor or the like. |
| (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. |
Syllable Information
The word shorten is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for shorten is: short-en
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