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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. cut short;
- Example: "a sawed-off shotgun"
- Example: "a sawed-off broomstick"
- Example: "the shortened rope was easier to use"
[syn: sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened]

2. cut short in duration;
- Example: "the abbreviated speech"
- Example: "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"
- Example: "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
[syn: abbreviated, shortened, truncated]

3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another;
- Example: "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"
- Example: "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
[syn: telescoped, shortened]

4. with parts removed;
- Example: "the drastically cut film"
[syn: cut, shortened]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shortened adj 1: cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" [syn: sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened] 2: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" [syn: abbreviated, shortened, 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" [syn: telescoped, shortened] 4: with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" [syn: cut, shortened]