shorten
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
He shortened his trip due to illness
Types & categories
- reduce hypernym
- foreshorten hyponym
- curtail hyponym
- syncopate hyponym
- cut short hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
- bowdlerize hyponym
- condense hyponym
Related & opposite
- elaborate antonym
- contraction derivation
- abridgement derivation
- shortener derivation
- abridger derivation
- edit out verb group
Sense 3 verb
make short or shorter
shorten the skirt
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shortening derivation
- shortener derivation
Sense 4 verb
become short or shorter
In winter, the days shorten
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Related & opposite
- lengthen antonym
Sense 5 verb
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerize a novel
Types & categories
- abridge hypernym
Related & opposite
- bowdlerization derivation
- expurgation derivation
- bowdlerization derivation
- expurgator derivation
- Bowdler derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | lengthen |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | shorten |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortener |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreshorten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curtail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | syncopate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut short |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | elaborate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridgement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortener |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridger |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | edit out |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowdlerize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | condense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortening |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortener |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | lengthen |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowdlerization |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expurgation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowdlerization |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expurgator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | Bowdler |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | abridge |