shorten
41shorten — Ho opōkole. Also: hō ekeke i, ho opoupou, pu e eke, unu, unua, ulua, na ina i …
42shorten — добавлять жир в тесто …
43shorten — v. 1 intr. & tr. become or make shorter or short; curtail. 2 tr. Naut. reduce the amount of (sail spread). 3 intr. & tr. (with reference to gambling odds, prices, etc.) become or make shorter; decrease …
44shorten in — transitive verb 1. : to take in the slack of (a rope) 2. : to heave in (a cable) …
45To shorten a rope — Shorten Short en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened ?}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. [1913 Webster] …
46To shorten sail — Shorten Short en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened ?}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. [1913 Webster] …
47shorten, shortening the odds — When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse …
48shorten sail — partially take in the sails, partially lower sails …
49shorten the front line — 1. to retreat under pressure Soldiers and their apologists thus explain a defeat by implying that a salient is being voluntarily abandoned: He was painfully familiar with the Fuehrer s attitude to shortening the front under enemy… …
50Bill Shorten — Infobox MP honorific prefix = Hon name = Bill Shorten honorific suffix = MP caption = constituency MP = Maribyrnong parliament = Australian majority = term start = 3 December 2007 term end = predecessor = Robert Sercombe successor = birth date =… …