English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of shorten

shorten

/verb/ छोटा करना; कम करना; काटना; घटाना; ; पटाना;

Synonym pare; reduce; reap; subtract; liquidate;

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English Dictionary:

1. 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.
- 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.
- To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
- To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

2. Shorten

[v. i.]

- To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.