shorten

shorten englannista suomeksi

1. lyhentää

2. lyhetä, lyhentyä

0. Verbi

1. lyhentää

2. lyhetä, lyhentyä

shorten englanniksi

1. To make shorter; to abbreviate.

2. (RQ:Sewell Black Beauty)

3. To become shorter.

4. To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

5. {{RQ:Dryden Virgil|Aeneis

6. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.

7. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.

''to shorten an allowance of food''

8. {{quote-text|en|year=1699|author=John Dryden|title=Dedication to His Grace the Duke of Ormond

9. {{quote-text|en|year=1858|author=George Borrow|title=The Romany Rye|volume=2|page=128

10. To make crumbly.

11. {{quote-text|en|year=1894|author=Helen M. Laughlin|title=The Journal of Agriculture Cook Book|publisher=Journal of Agriculture Co.|page=212

12. To take in the slack of (a rope).

13. To reduce (sail) by taking it in.