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shortensverbpresent tense third-person singular of shorten to make less in extent or durationwe decided to shorten the distance we had to walk home by cutting across the neighbor's lawn if Grandma has to go shopping today, you'll need to shorten your visit abbreviates, abridges, curtails, cuts back, docks, elides, syncopates, truncates abstracts, digests, encapsulates, epitomizes, recapitulates, summarizes, sums upabates, compresses, constricts, contracts, cuts, cuts down, pares, prunes, trimsdecreases, de-escalates, deflates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, moderates, modifies, reduces, retrenches, shrinks, slashes, subtracts (from), tapers elongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protracts enlarges, expands, supplementsadds, aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, balloons, boosts, dilates, escalates, heightens, increases, maximizes, pumps up, raisesblows up, distends, inflates, swells |