- Types Of Speech
- You can use shorten as a verb in a sentence.
- About Shorten
- A 2 syllables verb and 7 letters with the letters e, h, n, o, r, s, and t, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter r. Shorten starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, sho, shor, short, and the ending characters are n, en, ten, rten, orten, ..
- Definition
- Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- Scrabble
- Is shorten a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Shorten in Pig Latin is said as "ortenshay or ortenshway".
- Unigram
- s | h | o | r | t | e | n
- Bigram
- sh | ho | or | rt | te | en
- Trigram
- sho | hor | ort | rte | ten
- Quadrigram
- shor | hort | orte | rten
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
"The manuscript must be shortened" - become short or shorter;
"In winter, the days shorten" - make shorter than originally intended;
reduce or retrench in length or duration;
"He shortened his trip due to illness" - make short or shorter;
"shorten the skirt";
"shorten the rope by a few inches"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
| Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
| Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| Abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
| Add | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
| Add Together | |
| Add Up | |
| Annihilate | kill in large numbers "the plague wiped out an entire population" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Shorten
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel" |
| Thrones |
View English words with the unique letters used in shorten. Words With The Letters Ehnorst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bowdler | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) |
| Bowdlerisation | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
| Bowdlerization | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
| Castration | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
| Expurgation | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
| Thomas Bowdler |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
| Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Contract | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
| Cut | an unexcused absence from class "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
| Foreshorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Reduce | take off weight |
| Shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henroost (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 11 +1 | ehnoorst | ||
| Sheraton (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 11 +1 | sheraton | ||
| Otherness (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 12 +2 | otherness | ||
| Shortness (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 12 +2 | shortness | ||
| Northeast (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 12 +2 | northeast | ||
| Northwest (9 letters) | 15 +5 | 15 +5 | northwest | ||
| North Sea (9 letters) | |||||
| Shortener (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 12 +2 | shortener | ||
| Hornstone (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +3 | hornstone | ||
| Shorten (7 letters) | 10 | 10 | thrones | ||
| Shortened (9 letters) | 13 +3 | 13 +3 | deehnorst | ||
| Undershot (9 letters) | 13 +3 | 14 +4 | undershot | ||
| Southern (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +2 | southern | ||
| Thrones (7 letters) | 10 | 10 | thrones | ||
| Buhrstone (9 letters) | 14 +4 | 16 +6 | buhrstone |
Shorten Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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