shorten

(v) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- He shortened his trip due to illness
(v) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, contract, reduce, cut,
(v) make short or shorter
- shorten the skirt
- shorten the rope by a few inches
(v) become short or shorter
- In winter, the days shorten
(v) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- bowdlerize a novel
bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate,

abbreviate abridge foreshorten contract reduce cut bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate castrate

lengthen elaborate expatiate expound lucubrate dilate exposit flesh out enlarge expand

shorts

shortia shortly

shortened shortener shortening