1. anlamı kısal/kısalt, yağ katarak gevrekleştirmek; kısalmak, kısaltmak. 2. anlamı kısalmak. kısaltmak.
Shorten
Shorten İngilizce anlamı ve tanımı
Shorten anlamları
(v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
(a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
(a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
(a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
(a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Shorten tanım:
Kelime: short·en Söyleniş:'shor-t&n İşlev:verb Türleri:short·ened; short·en·ing /'short-ni[ng], 'shor-t&n-i[ng]/ transitive senses 1 a : to reduce the length or duration of b : to cause to seem short 2 a : to reduce in power or efficiency is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem -- Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard Version) bobsolete : to deprive of effect 3 : to add fat to (as pastry dough) in order to make tender and flaky intransitive senses : to become short or shorter - short·en·er /'short-n&r, 'shor-t&n-&r/ noun synonymsSHORTEN, CURTAIL, ABBREVIATE, ABRIDGE, RETRENCH mean to reduce in extent. SHORTEN implies reduction in length or duration shorten a speech . CURTAIL adds an implication of cutting that in some way deprives of completeness or adequacy ceremonies curtailed because of rain . ABBREVIATE implies a making shorter usually by omitting some part using an abbreviated title . ABRIDGE implies a reduction in compass or scope with retention of essential elements and a relative completeness in the result the abridged version of the novel . RETRENCH suggests a reduction in extent or costs of something felt to be excessive declining business forced the company to retrench .