Word "SHORTEN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Synonyms:
bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Synonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce
Examples:
The manuscript must be shortened

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
become short or shorter
Examples:
In winter, the days shorten

Crossword Clues for SHORTEN

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Curtail performance of quiet tenor (7)
Contract to get Hornets playing (7) The Sun Two Speed 09 Jul 2025
Truncate The Sun Two Speed 09 Jul 2025
Wild hornets curtail the proceedings (7)
Add butter to stir up hornets (7)
Make smaller foreign thrones (7)
Abbreviate (7) Mirror Classic 08 Jun 2025
Reduce length, ... the trousers
Abbreviate to "Move the other into quarters" (7)
Cut to the second, new version of "15" (7)
Curtail, truncate The Times Concise 01 Apr 2025
Make briefer
Abbreviate when the others cut by a quarter (7)
Make thrones smaller (7)
Truncate The Telegraph Quick 10 Feb 2025
Decrease (7) Puzzler 09 Feb 2025
Reduce (7) The Guardian Quick 28 Jan 2025
Contract to topple thrones (7)
Reduce hour among varied tenors (7)
Decrease in size Mirror Tea Time 08 Dec 2024
Get trim with some squash or tennis (7)
Curtail Thomas Joseph 08 Nov 2024
Will make hornets smaller (7)
Cut down thrones (7)
Make less tall
Abbreviate to "Flickering, shone right in" (7)
Raise the hem of (7)
Abbreviate Mirror Classic 19 Aug 2024
Possibly he's not right to cut down (7)
In battle he's torn and cut The Sun Two Speed 09 Jul 2024
Truncate The Sun Two Speed 09 Jul 2024
Abbreviate The Sun Two Speed 25 Jun 2024
Cut the middle out having had haircut outside The Sun Two Speed 25 Jun 2024
Abbreviate Mirror Classic 19 Jun 2024
Make more brief USA Today 16 Jun 2024
Truncate The Sun Two Speed 28 May 2024
Contract to get hornets out The Sun Two Speed 28 May 2024
Novel he's torn and cut
Take down measurements? (7)
Abbreviate (7) Puzzler 24 Apr 2024
Abbreviate Thomas Joseph 18 Apr 2024
Cut hornets in pieces (7) Puzzler Cryptic 02 Apr 2024
Rebuild thrones and make smaller (7)
To abridge or curtail (7)
Hornets
Hem a skirt
Cut hornets in pieces (7) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Dec 2023
Contract for Labor minister (7)
Abridge Nash or Tennyson content
Decrease working hours, shedding uniform by 10 The Guardian Quiptic 07 Aug 2023
Cut down time in beach cabin at last The Times Cryptic 02 Aug 2023
Check number on beach, briefly The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2023
Cut LA Times Daily 20 Apr 2023
Decrease in length Newsday 23 Mar 2022
Reduce some anguish or tension The Telegraph Toughie 18 Jun 2020
Cut/shaved with edges of table knife
Prune others spreading, indefinite number The Telegraph Cryptic 11 May 2020
Disturb hornets by a bridge? Irish Times Crosaire 29 Feb 2020
Character smuggling heroin and ecstasy close to Cochin dock
Firm picked up Bo Derek's score clip The Telegraph Toughie 18 Oct 2019
Abridge The Guardian Speedy 06 Oct 2019
Cut the middle out, having had haircut outside
Abridge Universal 16 Jan 2019
Cut and cut around middle of patterns
Abridge
Truncate The Washington Post Sunday 25 Nov 2018
Contract to get hornets out The Sun Two Speed 07 Aug 2018
Abbreviate The Sun Two Speed 07 Aug 2018
Truncate The Sun Two Speed 17 Jul 2018
Cut back part of bush or tendril The Sun Two Speed 17 Jul 2018
Most of beach is near 10's dock
Truncate The Times Concise 03 May 2018
Reduce length Irish Times Simplex 10 Feb 2018
Prune those hovering around royal quarter
Abbreviate, say Wall Street Journal 09 Oct 2017
Figure on endless beach finds dock The Telegraph Toughie 26 Sep 2017
Reduce time in seaside, heading north The Telegraph Toughie 13 Apr 2017
Abbreviate Eugene Sheffer 12 Dec 2016
Prune others growing wild, indefinite number The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Nov 2016
Edit for space USA Today 31 Jul 2016
Edit down USA Today 29 Jul 2016
Abridge, say The Washington Post 25 Jun 2016
Others misspelled name in contract The Telegraph Cryptic 22 May 2016
Cut around edges of tile to make smaller The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Mar 2016
Edit for space
Edit down
Back off beach, returning catch to dock
Crop Newsday 21 Aug 2015
Disturb hornets by a bridge Irish Times Crosaire 01 Aug 2015
Shrink's somewhat rash or tense
Crop
Cut
Abbreviate
Edit, in a way
Curtail
Clip
Abridge
Curtail
Reduce in length
Abbreviate
Take up
Cut
Take up, as a hem
Take up
Hem, say
Hem, say
Cut down
Abbreviate
Take in
Abridge
Abridge
Dock
Cut off
Curtail
Convert to a mini
Abbreviate.
Abridge
Take a tuck in.
Add butter.
Abridge.
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