shorten

Etymology
From, , equivalent to. In some senses, a continuation (in altered form) of, from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To make shorter; to abbreviate.
 * 2)  To become shorter.
 * 3)  To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
 * 4)  To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
 * 5)  To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
 * to shorten an allowance of food
 * 1)  To make crumbly.
 * 2)  To take in the slack of (a rope).
 * 3)  To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
 * 1)  To make crumbly.
 * 2)  To take in the slack of (a rope).
 * 3)  To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
 * 1)  To take in the slack of (a rope).
 * 2)  To reduce (sail) by taking it in.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:shorten

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: shcurtedz
 * Assamese: চুটি কৰা, চাপৰ কৰা
 * Belarusian: скарача́ць, скараці́ць
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zkracovat,
 * Esperanto: mallongigi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: scurtâ
 * Galician:, encurtar
 * Georgian: შემოკლება, შეკვეცა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βραχύνω
 * Hebrew: קיצר
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: қысқарту
 * Ladin: scurter
 * Latin: curtō, breviō, abbreviō
 * Latvian: īsināt, paīsināt, saīsināt
 * Macedonian: крати, куси, скратува, скусува
 * Maori: tukupoto, tāpoto, poro, tauporo, tīporo
 * Norman: accourchi
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: giorraich
 * Serbo-Croatian:, скратити
 * Sicilian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Sranan Tongo: syatu
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: скоро́чувати, скороти́ти
 * Welsh: ,


 * Assamese: চুটি হোৱা, চাপৰ হোৱা
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: скъсявам се
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎶᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: kürzer werden
 * Ido:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norman:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: skratiti se
 * Sicilian: accurzàrisi, strincìrisi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: