• v.
    ⦿make short or shorter
    lexical concept
  • shorten the rope by a few inches
  • shorten the skirt

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:shorten
wn:interlingual indexili:i24550

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelshorten