Verb

• S: (v) shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration) "He shortened his trip due to illness"
• S: (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
• S: (v) shorten (make short or shorter) "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
• S: (v) shorten (become short or shorter) "In winter, the days shorten"
• S: (v) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate) "bowdlerize a novel"