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— English words —

• shorten v. (Transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
• shorten v. (Intransitive) To become shorter.
• shorten v. (Transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
• shorten v. (Transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
• shorten v. (Transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
• shorten v. (Nautical, transitive) To take in the slack of (a rope).
• shorten v. (Nautical, transitive) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
• Shorten prop.n. A surname.

— English word, defined in German —

• shorten V. Kürzen.

— English word, defined in French —

• shorten v. Raccourcir, abréger.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• shorten v. Acortar.
• shorten v. Acortarse.

— In German —

• shorten V. Auf sinkenden Kurs spekulieren; und deshalb Aktien verkaufen…

31 English words from 8 English definitions

abbreviate amount as␣to become butter deficient deprive diminish etc extent friable Intransitive lard lessen make Nautical pastry quantity reduce rope sail short shorter slack surname take take␣in taking the transitive with

2 English words from 5 foreign definitions

Auf und

11 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

abréger Acortar Acortarse Aktien deshalb Kurs Kürzen Raccourcir sinkenden spekulieren verkaufen

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

short␣end shortens Shortens short␣ends shortened shortener shorteners shortenest shorteneth shortening shortenable shortenings short␣end␣of␣the␣stick short␣ends␣of␣the␣stick

17 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unshortens preshortens unshortened foreshortens overshortens preshortened unshortening foreshortened foreshortener overshortened preshortening unshortenable foreshorteners foreshortening overshortening foreshortenings unforeshortened

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unshorten forshorten preshorten foreshorten overshorten

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hor ort ORT RTÉ Rte. sho Sho SHO sho' Shor short Short shorte short␣e ten TEN

13 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETR net Net NET .NET ohs OHs OHS Roh ROH Rohs RoHS TRO

10 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

enhorts Herston hornets Hornets Rhotens snoreth Thorens Thorsen threnos thrones

48 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

anothers anthrose Bohnerts chortens Cotherns Cothrens henroost Herntons honester honorest horniest hornlets horse␣ant Hortense hysteron monthers Neuroths northers North␣Esk northest Northeys northies North␣Sea notchers one␣short ornithes orthents pen'orths scorneth Scothern sheltron Sheraton Sherston short␣end shortens Shortens snorteth southern Southern Strephon theronts Thoresen Thoreson Thorsens Thronies turnshoe worthens Worthens

59 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

enhort ethnos herons Heston hetros honers Honers honest hornes hornet Hornet horsen hoster nestor Nestor Nortes norths Norths nosher noters nother 'nother oneths other'n others rehost reshot re-shot Reston rest␣on rhones Rhoten Rothes senhor -setron shorte short␣e shoter snothe Sterno sterno- Stheno Stoehr stoner Stoner tenors tensor Theron Thoren Thorne thorns throes throne toners tosher Tosher Treons trones Trones

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

chorten chörten shorted shorter Shorter shotten

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

shorte short␣e

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