глагол 1) а) укорачивать; сокращать Например: to shorten a dress — укоротить платье to shorten delivery dates — сокращать сроки поставки to shorten their stay at the castle — сократить время их пребывания в замке Синоним(ы): abbreviate, abridge, curtail Антоним(ы): lengthen б) укорачиваться; сокращаться Например: Temperatures tumble as days shorten. — Дневная температура падает, а дни становятся короче. 2) [кулинария] добавлять к тесту жир для рассыпчатости 3) одевать ребёнка в короткие одежды (переставать пеленать) 4) коротать, проводить время (за разговором, приятным занятием и т. п.)
verb (shortened; shortening) transitive verb 1. a. to reduce the length or duration of b. to cause to seem short 2. a. to reduce in power or efficiency Example: is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem — Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard Version) b. obsolete to deprive of effect 3. to add fat to (as pastry dough) in order to make tender and flaky intransitive verb to become short or shorter • shortener noun Synonyms: shorten, curtail, abbreviate, abridge, retrench mean to reduce in extent. shorten implies reduction in length or duration Example: shorten a speech. curtail adds an implication of cutting that in some way deprives of completeness or adequacy Example: ceremonies curtailed because of rain. abbreviate implies a making shorter usually by omitting some part Example: using an abbreviated title. abridge implies a reduction in compass or scope with retention of essential elements and a relative completeness in the result Example: the abridged version of the novel. retrench suggests a reduction in extent or costs of something felt to be excessive Example: declining business forced the company to retrench.
A form of lossless audio compression.