shorten lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• shorten "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
• make shorter as if by cutting off "truncate a word" "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
• 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"
• decrease in size, extent, or range "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester" "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds" "his voice fell to a whisper"