Shorten

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To make shorter; to abbreviate.

   “York came round to our heads and shortened the rein himself, one hole I think; every little makes a difference, be it for better or worse, and that day we had a steep hill to go up.”

2. fiil To become shorter.
3. fiil To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

   “Spoiled of his nose, and shorten'd of his ears.”

4. fiil To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
5. fiil To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.

   “to shorten an allowance of food”

6. fiil To make crumbly.

   “Corn flour makes delicious pie crust, and needs less lard to shorten it.”

7. fiil To take in the slack of (a rope).
8. fiil To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
9. fiil to dress (a baby) in a short (rather than long) gown

   “Anne and Leslie had another cry the next week when they shortened Little Jem. Anne felt the tragedy of it until evening when in his long nightie she found her own dear baby again.”

10. özel isim A surname.