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Showing words for SHORTEN using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Shorten

hornets, shorten, threnos, thrones

6 Letter Words for Shorten

enhort, ethnos, herons, honers, honest, hornet, horste, hoster, nestor, norths, nosher, noster, noters, nother, others, reshot, rhones, rontes, senhor, stheno, stoner, strone, tenors, tensor, thorns, throes, throne, toners, tosher, trones

5 Letter Words for Shorten

estro, ethos, hents, herns, heron, hoers, honer, hones, horns, horse, horst, hosen, hoser, hoten, nerts, nohes, norse, north, noser, noter, notes, oners, onset, ornes, other, rents, rhone, rones, ronte, ronts, roset, rotes, senor, seron, seton, shent, shone, shore, short, shote, snore, snort, steno, stern, stero, stone, store, tehrs, tenor, tenso, terns, thens, theor, theos, thone, thore, thorn, those, throe, toher, toner, tones, tores, torse, trone, trons

4 Letter Words for Shorten

ento, entr, eons, erns, eros, ersh, erst, erth, eths, eton, hens, hent, hern, hero, hers, hert, hest, hets, hoer, hoes, hone, hons, hont, hore, horn, hors, hort, hose, host, hote, hots, nesh, nest, neth, nets, noes, nore, nose, nosh, note, nots, oner, ones, onst, ores, orth, orts, rehs, reno, rent, rest, rets, rheo, rhet, rhos, roes, rone, ront, rose, rost, rote, rots, sent, seor, sero, sert, seth, sher, shet, shoe, shor, shot, snot, sone, sore, sorn, sort, soth, sten, ster, stor, stre, tehr, tens, tern, then, thon, thor, thos, thro, toes, tone, tons, tore, torn, tors, tose, tosh, tres, tron

3 Letter Words for Shorten

ehs, ens, eon, eos, ern, ers, ert, esr, est, eth, hen, heo, her, hes, het, hoe, hon, hor, hos, hot, hrs, hts, neo, net, noh, nor, nos, not, nth, oer, oes, ohs, one, ons, ont, ore, ors, ort, ose, reh, res, rhe, rho, roe, ron, ros, rot, rte, sen, ser, set, she, sho, shr, sht, son, sot, str, ten, ter, tes, the, tho, toe, ton, tor, tos, trs, tsh

Definitions for Shorten

[1] to make short or shorter.
[2] to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail.
[3] to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat.
[4] Sports . choke(def 8) .
[5] to become short or shorter.
[6] (of odds) to decrease.
[7] to make or become short or shorter
[8] (tr) nautical to reduce the area of (sail)
[9] (tr) to make (pastry, bread, etc) short, by adding butter or another fat
[10] gambling to cause (the odds) to lessen or (of odds) to become less

Words related to Shorten

trim, cut, abbreviate, minimize, lessen, reduce, slash, curtail, shrink, compress, chop, clip, edit, abridge, elide, excerpt, condense, contract, snip, dock

Words nearby Shorten

shortcake, shortchange, shortcoming, shortcrust pastry, shortcut, shorten, shortened form, shortening, shorter, shorter catechism, shortfall

Origin of Shorten

First recorded in 1505–15; short + -en1

Other words from Shorten

short·en·er , noun
o·ver·short·en , verb
pre·short·en , verb (used with object)
re·short·en , verb
un·der·short·en , verb (used with object)
un·short·en , adjective

Synonyms for Shorten

abbreviate, compress, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, lessen, minimize, reduce, shrink, slash, trim, abridge, bob, chop, clip, condense, contract, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lop, retrench, snip, blue pencil, boil down, cut to the bone, make a long story short, put in a nutshell