Shorten (Crossword clue)

We found 15 answers for “Shorten” .

This page shows answers to the clue Shorten, followed by 6 definitions like “Become short or shorter”, “Make short or shorter” and “To become short or shorter”. Synonyms for Shorten are for example abbreviate, abridge and condense. More synonyms can be found below the puzzle answers.

3 letters

CUT

LOP

4 letters

5 letters

REHEM

7 letters

ABRIDGE

9 letters

EXPURGATE

SYNCOPATE

10 letters

ABBREVIATE

BOWDLERISE

BOWDLERIZE

11 letters

FORESHORTEN

Definitions of “Shorten”

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• To become short or shorter
• Make shorter than originally intended
• To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard
• To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time
• To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent
• (file format) Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data
• When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse

Synonyms of “Shorten”

Using a synonym can be a good alternative for using “Shorten”. You might be able to find more answers by using these:
abbreviate, abridge, condense, curtail, cut, cut short, edit, pare, prune, reduce and truncate.

More crossword answers

We found 15 answers for the crossword clue Shorten . A further 50 clues may be related.

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