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shorten [v]

1)	make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"

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bring_down shortener lengthen foreshorten clip syncopate cut_short

2)	reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

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abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce

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decrease contraction dilate shortener abbreviator abridgement bowdlerise cut concentrate

3)	make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

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alter shortener shortening cut

4)	become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"

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decrease lengthen

5)	edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

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bowdlerise bowdlerize castrate expurgate

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

A form of lossless audio compression.

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(2001-12-17)

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