SHORTENS

Make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

Example: "He shortened his trip due to illness"

• bring down
• cut  5
• cut back
• cut down
• reduce  9
• trim  6
• trim back
• trim down

• foreshorten  17
• clip  8
• curtail  9
• cut short
• • syncopate  16
  • cut short
  • truncate  10
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• lengthen  12

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Example: "The manuscript must be shortened"

• abbreviate  17
• abridge  11
• contract  12
• cut  5
• foreshorten  17
• reduce  9

• decrease  11
• lessen  6
• minify  14

• bowdlerise  16
• bowdlerize  25
• castrate  10
• expurgate  19
• • shorten  10
  • concentrate  15
  • condense  11
  • digest  8
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Make short or shorter

Example: "Shorten the skirt"

• alter  5
• change  12
• modify  15

• cut  5

Become short or shorter

Example: "In winter, the days shorten"

• lengthen  12

Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Example: "Bowdlerize a novel"

• bowdlerise  16
• bowdlerize  25
• castrate  10
• expurgate  19