verb · transitive · rare

shorten

shorten · shortens · shortened · shortening

скоротити, скорочувати

сократить, сокращать, укоротить, сокращаться

verkürzen, kürzer werden

To make shorter; to abbreviateTo make shorter; to abbreviate.

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UK/ˈʃɔːtn̩/US/ˈʃɔɹtn̩/

» Melt chocolate and shortening in a saucepan over low heat.

Meaning

9 senses

(transitive)To make shorter; to abbreviate.
verkürzen
укора́чиватьukoráčivatʹ, укороти́тьukorotítʹ, сокраща́тьsokraščátʹ
скоро́чуватиskoróčuvaty, скороти́тиskorotýty
make short or shorter
(intransitive)To become shorter.
kürzer werden
укора́чиватьсяukoráčivatʹsja, укороти́тьсяukorotítʹsja, сокраща́тьсяsokraščátʹsja
become short or shorter
(transitive)To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
(transitive)To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
(transitive)To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
to shorten an allowance of food
(transitive)To make crumbly.
(transitive)To take in the slack of (a rope).
(transitive)To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
(dated, transitive)To dress (a baby) in a short (rather than long) gown

Examples

47 sentences

Melt chocolate and shortening in a saucepan over low heat.
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How can you shorten this cable?
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I must have it shortened.
ruМне нужно укоротить его.
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A working day shortens life by 8 hours.
Робочий день скорочує життя на вісім годин.
ruРабочий день сокращает жизнь на 8 часов.
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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late.
Не скорочуй ранок тим, що пізно встаєш.
deVerkürze dir nicht den Morgen durch spätes Aufstehen!
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make shorter:

Русский

By meaning 2

to make shorter:

to become shorter:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make shorter:

to become shorter:

Origin

From Middle English shortnen, schortenen, equivalent to short + -en (verbal suffix). In so

From Middle English shortnen, schortenen, equivalent to short + -en (verbal suffix). In some senses, a continuation (in altered form) of Middle English schorten (“to make short, shorten”), from Old English sċortian (“to become short”), from Proto-Germanic *skurtōną (“to shorten”).

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