shorten
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- v make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
He shortened his trip due to illness - v reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened - v make short or shorter
shorten the skirt
shorten the rope by a few inches - v become short or shorter
In winter, the days shorten - v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- He told me, "We're going to do something that I can't tell you about right now, but if it works, it will end or significantly shorten the war.
- PTI talks to Daniel Kripke, of California's Scripps Clinic Sleep Center, about how a night's sleep can prolongor shortenyour life.
- But he wishes the nation's "key thinkers" could adopt his schedule; he is convinced it would shorten the war.