Shorten meaning in Urdu & English |
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(1) - 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.
(2) - Shorten (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
(3) - Shorten (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
(4) - Shorten (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.
(5) - 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.
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