shorten

v. சுருக்கு, குறுக்கு, நுனி நறுக்கு, வெட்டிக்குறை, குறுகு, சுருங்கு, மரக்கல வகையில் பாய்பரப்பின் அளவைச் சுருக்கு, குழந்தைக்கு இறுக்கமான உடுப்பு அணிவி.

Synonyms

Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shortening.] Etym: [See Short, a.] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. 2. 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. Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain. Dryden. 3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of. Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears. Dryden. 4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it. -- To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Short"en, v. i. Defn: To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.