Verbs

(v)shortenmake shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration“He shortened his trip due to illness”
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(v)abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reducereduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”
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(v)shortenmake short or shorter“shorten the skirt”, “shorten the rope by a few inches”
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(v)shortenbecome short or shorter“In winter, the days shorten”
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(v)bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shortenedit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate“bowdlerize a novel”
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