shorten
suomi-englanti sanakirjashorten englannista suomeksi
lyhentää
lyhetä, lyhentyä
shorten englanniksi
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
(RQ:Sewell Black Beauty)
To become shorter.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
{{RQ:Dryden Virgil|Aeneis
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
''to shorten an allowance of food''
{{quote-text|en|year=1699|author=John Dryden|title=Dedication to His Grace the Duke of Ormond
{{quote-text|en|year=1858|author=George Borrow|title=The Romany Rye|volume=2|page=128
To make crumbly.
{{quote-text|en|year=1894|author=Helen M. Laughlin|title=The Journal of Agriculture Cook Book|publisher=Journal of Agriculture Co.|page=212
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.