- shortened by WordNet
... , foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceMake short or shorter.usage: "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"synonyms: shortenBecome short or shorter.usage: "In winter, the days shorten"synonyms: shortenEdit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.usage: "bowdlerize a novel" ...
- foreshorten by WordNet
verbReduce in scope while retaining essential elements.usage: "The manuscript must be shortened"synonyms: abridge, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceShorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth. .
- abbreviate by WordNet
... verb Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.usage: "The manuscript must be shortened"synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduceShorten. usage: "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
- Abridge by Webster's
... v.t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.(v.t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.(v.t.) To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge ...
- bowdlerize by WordNet
verbEdit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.usage: "bowdlerize a novel"synonyms: bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten