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| 1. | [ adjective ] cut short | |
| Synonyms: | sawed-off | |
| Examples: | "a sawed-off broomstick" "the shortened rope was easier to use" |
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| Related terms: | short | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] cut short | |
| Synonyms: | sawn-off sawed-off | |
| Examples: | "a sawed-off shotgun" "a sawed-off broomstick" "the shortened rope was easier to use" |
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| Related terms: | short | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] cut short in duration | |
| Synonyms: | truncated abbreviated | |
| Examples: | "the abbreviated speech" "a curtailed visit" "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking" "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" |
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| Related terms: | short | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another | |
| Synonyms: | telescoped | |
| Examples: | "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars" "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream" |
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| Related terms: | short short | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] with parts removed | |
| Synonyms: | cut | |
| Examples: | "the drastically cut film" |
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| Related terms: | abridged | |
| Similar spelling: |
shorten shortener shorthand shortening Sheraton short_temper shortness short_ton shrewdness short-winged |
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