Definitions for shortens

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shortens short·en

Spelling: [shawr-tn]

IPA: /ˈʃɔr tn/

Shortens is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 315 anagrams from letters in shortens (ehnorsst).

Definitions for shortens

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 shortens

First recorded in 1505-15; short + -en¹

Examples for shortens

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

We have to shorten the distance between inevitable and inconceivable.

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

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