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TRUNCATE |
Shorten |
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DOCK |
Shorten |
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ABRIDGE |
Shorten |
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ABBREVIATE |
Shorten |
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REEF |
Shorten (mainsail) |
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SHORT |
To shorten. |
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SHORTENING |
Of Shorten |
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SHORTENED / |
Of Shorten |
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TAKE UP |
Shorten a garment |
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TAKEUP |
Shorten a garment |
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CURTAIL |
Shorten shadow behind dog |
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VOW |
Promise to shorten vowels |
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WELK |
To contract; to shorten. |
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APHETIZE |
To shorten by aphesis. |
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ACHED |
Longed to shorten account he had written |
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DETUNCATE |
To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off. |
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BRIEF |
To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to
brief pleadings. |
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UPSET |
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end. |
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TUCK |
A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to
shorten it; a plait. |
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RETRACT |
To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can
retract its claws; to retract a muscle. |
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CONTRACT |
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing
two or more vowels or syllables to one. |
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SHORTEN |
To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. |
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FORESHORTEN |
To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in
a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in
perspective. |
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QUICKEN |
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve)
sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more
pronounced. |
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EPITOMIZE |
To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a
writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to
epitomize the works of Justin. |