Bible Dictionaries
Shorten

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Shortcoming

Next Entry
Shortened /

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
King James Dictionary
• Shortened
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Short, Shorten
Webster Dictionary
• Shortening
• Shortener
• Shortened /
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Shorten
Lexicons
• ܙܰܠܗܶܙ
• ܟ݁ܪܳܐ
• κολοβόω
• συστέλλω
• צָרַר צָרַר, , צָרַר
• קָצורּ קָצַר, , קָצַר

(1):

(a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

(2):

(v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

(3):

(a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

(4):

(a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.

(5):

(a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of.