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Results for: "shorten"

Translating from English to Finnish

Translations:

shorten
→ lyhentää, lyhetä

English definitions WordNet

VERB 5

  1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

    • “He shortened his trip due to illness”

  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    • “The manuscript must be shortened”
    Synonymsabridgeforeshortenabbreviatecutcontractreduce

  3. make short or shorter

    • “shorten the skirt”
    • “shorten the rope by a few inches”
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  1. become short or shorter

    • “In winter, the days shorten”

  2. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

    • “bowdlerize a novel”
    Synonymsbowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgatecastrate