| SHORTEN | • shorten v. (Transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate. • shorten v. (Intransitive) To become shorter.
 • shorten v. (Transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
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| SHORTENS | • shortens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shorten. • Shortens prop.n. Plural of Shorten.
 • SHORTEN v. to check or lessen the length.
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| SHORTENED | • shortened v. Simple past tense and past participle of shorten. • SHORTEN v. to check or lessen the length.
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| SHORTENER | • shortener n. One who, or that which, shortens. • SHORTENER n. someone or something that shortens.
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| SHORTENERS | • shorteners n. Plural of shortener. • SHORTENER n. someone or something that shortens.
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| SHORTENING | • shortening n. (US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of… • shortening n. Verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
 • shortening v. Present participle of shorten.
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| FORESHORTEN | • foreshorten v. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually. • foreshorten v. To abridge, reduce, contract.
 • foreshorten v. To make shorter.
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| SHORTENINGS | • shortenings n. Plural of shortening. • SHORTENING n. fat for making pastry short.
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| FORESHORTENS | • foreshortens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained.
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| FORESHORTENED | • foreshortened v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained.
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| FORESHORTENING | • foreshortening n. (Art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by… • foreshortening n. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
 • foreshortening v. Present participle of foreshorten.
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| FORESHORTENINGS | • foreshortenings n. Plural of foreshortening. • FORESHORTENING n. a shortening by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained.
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