- shortening - fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
--1 is a kind of edible fat
- shortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
--2 is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
--2 has particulars:abbreviation; cut, cutting, cutting off; contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction; truncation Derived form: verb shorten3 - shortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
- shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
--1 is one way to reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Antonyms: lengthen
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun shortener1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun shortener1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- shorten - make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun shortener1, noun shortening2
They shorten their hair
- shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
--4 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Antonyms: lengthen
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
--5 is one way to abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
Sample sentence:
They won't shorten the story