shortened meaning and definition

SHORTENED adjective

Definition of shortened (adjective)

1. cut short
   • "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
   • synonyms: sawed-off, sawn-off
2. cut short in duration
   • "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
   • synonyms: abbreviated, truncated
3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
   • "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
   • synonyms: telescoped
4. with parts removed
   • "the drastically cut film"
   • synonyms: cut