Definitions for shorten

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shorten short·en

Spelling: [shawr-tn]

IPA: /ˈʃɔr tn/

Shorten is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in shorten (ehnorst).

Definitions for shorten

verb (used with object)

1. to make short or shorter.
2. to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.:
3. to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat.
4. Sports. choke (def 8).

verb (used without object)

1. to become short or shorter.
2. (of odds) to decrease.

Origin of shorten

First recorded in 1505-15; short + -en¹

Examples for shorten

"Perhaps I can shorten the pedigree," said Haggerstone, tartly.

I was making for Cattolica, but I missed my way in seeking to shorten it.

We'll enjoy the fine weather till it's time to shorten sail.

Presently, to shorten his road, he left the park, and took to a lane outside it.

Just like nobody is going to tell David O. Russell to shorten American Hustle (138 minutes).

Treachery, too, stepped in to shorten the time still further.

A new study says living in the South will shorten your life.

We have to shorten the distance between inevitable and inconceivable.

“In some cases, it has taken 15 days to report the deaths and circumstances, which I would like to shorten to 48 hours,” she said.

We have to overturn Citizens United and shorten the campaign season.