English-Thai Dictionary

shorten

VI ลดลง  lod-long

 

shorten

VT ทำให้ กรอบ  tam-hai-krob

 

shorten

VT ทำให้ ลดลง  tam-hai-lod-long

 

shorten

VT ทำให้ สั้น ลง  ย่อ ให้ สั้น  หด ให้ สั้น  abridge abbreviate lengthen tam-hai-san-long

 

shortening

N การ ทำให้ ลดลง  kan-tam-hai-lod-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHORTEN

v.t.short'n. 1. To make short in measure, extent or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
2. To abridge; to lessen; as, to shorten labor or work.
3. To curtail; as, to shorten the hair by clipping.
4. To cintract; to lessen; to diminish in extent or amount; as, to shorten sail; to shorten an allowance of provisions.
5. To confine; to restrain.
Here where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain. Dryden.
6. To lop; to deprive.
The youth-shortened of his ears. Dryden.

 

SHORTEN

v.i.short'n. 1. To become short or shorter. The day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December.
2. To contract; as, a cord shortens by being wet; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

 

SHORTENED

pp. Made shorter; abridged; contracted.

 

SHORTENING

ppr. Making shorter; contracting.

 

SHORTENING

n.Something used in cookery to make paste short or friable, as butter or lard.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHORTEN

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.

 

SHORTEN

SHORTEN 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.

 

SHORTENER

SHORTENER Short "en *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, shortens.

 

SHORTENING

SHORTENING Short "en *ing, n.

 

1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

 

2. (Cookery )

 

Defn: That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shorten

short en |ˈSHôrtn ˈʃɔrtn | ▶verb make or become shorter: [ with obj. ] : he shortened his stride | [ no obj. ] : around mid-September, days shorten and temperatures dip. • [ with obj. ] Sailing reduce the amount of (sail ) exposed to the wind. • (with reference to gambling odds ) make or become shorter; decrease: [ no obj. ] : the odds had shortened to 14 -1. • [ with obj. ] Prosody & Phonetics make (a vowel or syllable ) short.

 

shortening

short en ing |ˈSHôrtniNG, ˈSHôrtn -iNG ˈʃɔrtnɪŋ | ▶noun butter or other fat used for making pastry or bread.

 

Oxford Dictionary

shorten

short ¦en |ˈʃɔːt (ə )n | ▶verb 1 make or become shorter: [ with obj. ] : he shortened his stride | patients whose waiting time had been shortened | [ no obj. ] : as skirts shortened, so heels rose | around mid September, days shorten and temperatures dip. • (with reference to gambling odds ) make or become shorter; decrease: [ with obj. ] : Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan's odds from 2 –1 to 7 –4 | [ no obj. ] : the odds had shortened to 14 –1. • [ with obj. ] Prosody & Phonetics make (a vowel or syllable ) short. 2 [ with obj. ] Sailing reduce the amount of (sail spread ).

 

shortening

short ¦en |ing |ˈʃɔːt (ə )nɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] fat used for making pastry.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shorten

shorten verb shorten your essay to a three-paragraph summary | the drapes will have to be shortened: make shorter, abbreviate, abridge, condense, précis, synopsize, contract, compress, reduce, shrink, diminish, cut (down ); dock, trim, crop, pare down, prune; curtail, truncate. ANTONYMS extend.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shorten

shorten verb 1 you can shorten your essay without losing its balance | an invention that helped shorten the war: make shorter, abbreviate, abridge, condense, precis, synopsize, contract, compress, reduce, lessen, shrink, decrease, diminish, cut, cut down, cut short, dock, trim, clip, crop, pare down, prune; curtail, truncate; turn up, take up. ANTONYMS lengthen, extend, elongate. 2 the days are shortening: get shorter, grow shorter, grow less, contract, compress, shrink. ANTONYMS lengthen. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD shorten, abbreviate, abridge, truncate, curtail ■ Shorten is the most general term for reducing the length of duration of something (the reforms had made progress in shortening hospital waiting lists | we are not allowed to give drugs to shorten life ). ■ The most common thing to be abbreviated is a word or phrase (Hybrid Perpetual, abbreviated to H.P.). Something that does not last as long as was planned may be described as abbreviated, especially if the shortening is forced by circumstances and is seen as excessive or undesirable (his abbreviated stay in Princeton ), and the word can also be used of clothes created shorter than usual (tight or abbreviated shorts are unacceptable ). ■ A text or other work that has been abridged has been made shorter by cutting out details while preserving the proportions or basic character of the original (the editor reserves the right to abridge letters ). ■ To truncate something is to cut off one end (a truncated pyramid ). There is usually a sense that the item is mutilated as a result (Tolkien found that the Old English being dished up was in a grossly truncated form ), or that something has been brought to an end too soon (further discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea ). ■ Something that is curtailed is typically restricted in scope, especially in freedom of action (ill health probably curtailed his activities | contemporaries sought to curtail the influence of the Court ), but the word is also used for an unplanned shortening in time (rain forced us to curtail our visit ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shorten

short en /ʃɔ́ː r t (ə )n /〖short (短く )en (する )〗動詞 (↔lengthen )～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈時間 長さなど 〉を短くする , 縮める ; 〈名前 〉を省略形にする ▸ The disease shortens lives .その病気は命を縮める ▸ shorten a prisoner's sentence 囚人の刑期を軽減する .2 (ショートニングを入れて )〈焼き菓子など 〉をサクサクさせる , カリカリさせる .3 〘海 〙(風の当たる面を少なくするために )〈帆 〉をしぼる .4 〈力など 〉を減じる, 弱める .自動詞 1 〈時間 長さなどが 〉短くなる , 縮む ▸ The days are rapidly shortening .近ごろ急速に日足が短くなっている .2 〈賭 （か ）けの歩 （ぶ ）が 〉減少する , 減る .

 

shortening

sh ó rt en ing 名詞 1 U 〘料 〙ショートニング 〘菓子類をサクサクさせるためのバターなど 〙.2 U 短くすること, 短縮 ; C 短縮語 .