DICTOMETER

SHORTENED

1. Synonyms:
   • Shorten
   Definitions:
   • make shorter than originally intended
   • reduce or retrench in length or duration
   Examples:
   • He shortened his trip due to illness
   Antonyms:
   lengthen
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Abridge
   • Foreshorten
   • Abbreviate
   • Shorten
   • Cut
   • Contract
   • Reduce
   Definitions:
   • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   Examples:
   • The manuscript must be shortened
   Antonyms:
   lengthen
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Shorten
   Definitions:
   • make short or shorter
   Examples:
   • Shorten the skirt
   • Shorten the rope by a few inches
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shorten
   Definitions:
   • become short or shorter
   Examples:
   • In winter, the days shorten
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Bowdlerize
   • Bowdlerise
   • Expurgate
   • Castrate
   • Shorten
   Definitions:
   • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   Examples:
   • Bowdlerize a novel
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Sawed-off
   • Sawn-off
   • Shortened
   Definitions:
   • cut short
   Examples:
   • A sawed-off shotgun
   • A sawed-off broomstick
   • The shortened rope was easier to use
   Antonyms:
   • Long
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Abbreviated
   • Shortened
   • Truncated
   Definitions:
   • cut short in duration
   Examples:
   • The abbreviated speech
   • Her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
   • An unsatisfactory truncated conversation
   Antonyms:
   • Long
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Telescoped
   • Shortened
   Definitions:
   • shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
   Examples:
   • A miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
   • Years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
   Antonyms:
   • Long
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cut
   • Shortened
   Definitions:
   • with parts removed
   Examples:
   • The drastically cut film
   Antonyms:
   • Unabridged