shortened

Meanings

Verb

• make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
  • "He shortened his trip due to illness"
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • "The manuscript must be shortened"
• make short or shorter
• become short or shorter
• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
• simple past and past participle of shorten

Adjective Satellite

• cut short
  • "the shortened rope was easier to use"
• cut short in duration
  • "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"
• shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
• with parts removed

Synonyms

abbreviate, abbreviated, abridge, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, contract, cut, expurgate, foreshorten, reduce, sawed-off, sawn-off, shorten, telescoped, truncated

Antonyms

expand, lengthen