Tra từ shorten - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. make shorter than originally intended;
reduce or retrench in length or duration (Freq. 6)
- He shortened his trip due to illness
• Ant:
lengthen
• Derivationally related forms:
shortener
• Hypernyms:
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down,
trim back, cut, bring down
• Hyponyms:
foreshorten, clip, curtail, cut short, syncopate, truncate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (Freq. 3)
- The manuscript must be shortened
• Syn:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
• Ant:
expand (for: contract)
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction (for: contract), shortener, abbreviator (for: abbreviate), abridgement (for: abridge), abridger (for: abridge)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, digest,
condense, concentrate
• Verb Group:
edit, cut, edit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. make short or shorter
- shorten the skirt
- shorten the rope by a few inches
• Derivationally related forms:
shortener, shortening
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They shorten their hair
4. become short or shorter
- In winter, the days shorten
• Ant:
lengthen
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- bowdlerize a novel
• Syn:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
• Derivationally related forms:
castration (for: castrate), expurgation (for: expurgate), expurgator (for: expurgate), bowdlerisation (for: bowdlerise), Bowdler (for: bowdlerise), bowdleriser (for: bowdlerise), bowdlerization (for: bowdlerize), bowdlerizer (for: bowdlerize)
• Hypernyms:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They won't shorten the story