Verb

• S: (v) shorten (shorten%2:30:01::) (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration) "He shortened his trip due to illness"
• S: (v) abridge (abridge%2:30:00::), foreshorten (foreshorten%2:30:00::), abbreviate (abbreviate%2:30:01::), shorten (shorten%2:30:02::), cut (cut%2:30:08::), contract (contract%2:30:05::), reduce (reduce%2:30:08::) (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
• S: (v) shorten (shorten%2:30:09::) (make short or shorter) "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
• S: (v) shorten (shorten%2:30:00::) (become short or shorter) "In winter, the days shorten"
• S: (v) bowdlerize (bowdlerize%2:30:00::), bowdlerise (bowdlerise%2:30:00::), expurgate (expurgate%2:30:00::), castrate (castrate%2:30:03::), shorten (shorten%2:30:07::) (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate) "bowdlerize a novel"