shortened (verb)
1Compound verb — In linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi word compound that acts as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector, which carries any inflections, indicating tense, mood, or aspect, but provides only …
2Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …
3Bengali language — Bangla redirects here. For Bangla speaking people, see Bengali people. Bengali বাংলা Bangla The word Bangla in Bangla Assamese alphabet …
4shorten — verb (shortened; shortening) Date: 14th century 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 < is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard …
5shorten — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, significantly ▪ The course has now been shortened considerably. ▪ slightly …
6take up — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. pick up, lift < took up the carpet > 2. a. to begin to occupy (land) b. to gather from a number of sources < took up a collection > 3 …
7demote — verb give a lower rank or less senior position to, often as a punishment. Derivatives demotion noun Origin C19: from de + a shortened form of promote …
8roll — verb 1》 move by turning over and over on an axis: the car rolled down into a ditch. ↘turn over to face a different direction. ↘(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) sway on an axis parallel to the direction of motion. ↘N. Amer.… …
9shorten — verb shorten your essay to a three paragraph summary the drapes will have to be shortened Syn: make shorter, abbreviate, abridge, condense, précis, synopsize, contract, compress, reduce, shrink, diminish, cut (down); dock, trim, crop, pare d …
10honk up — Verb. An onomatopoeia for to vomit. Occasionally shortened to honk …
