Phrase Hound found 2 phrases and 12 compound words that contain shorten. The most common are listed below. Open shorten in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 2
- shorten upTo make something shorter in height, briefer in duration or more close together.
- shorten downSynonym of shorten up: To make something shorter in height, briefer in duration or more close together.
Compound words 12
- overshortenTo shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short.
- shortenableThat may be shortened.
- shortenerOne who, or that which, shortens.
- preshortenTo shorten in advance.
- reshortenTo shorten again.
- unshortenTo expand from an abbreviated form; to restore to its original length.
- shortenestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of shorten
- shorteneththird-person singular simple present indicative of shorten: To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- shorteningsplural of shortening: Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying.
- foreshortenTo render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.