SHORTEN
- to check or lessen the length [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to decrease the length, height, or size of
- to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.
- to make (pastry, bread, etc.) with butter or other fat
- to grip farther than usual from the end of the handle
- to make or become shorter [v SHORTENED, SHORTENING, SHORTENS]