Definitions of shorten
The word shorten uses 7 letters: e, h, n, o, r, s, t
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Meanings of shorten
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 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.
a. - To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Hook words of shorten
These are words formed by appending one letter to shorten. Extend an already existing word on the board.
Direct anagrams of shorten
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