shortens Sentence Examples
- This shortcut shortens the commute by 15 minutes.
- Drinking soda can shorten your life expectancy.
- The movie's runtime was shortened for its television debut.
- Stretching regularly shortens muscle recovery time.
- Texting has shortened the attention spans of many people.
- Using abbreviations shortens messaging time but can lead to misunderstandings.
- The dress was shortened to knee-length for the event.
- Taking a break shortens your concentration and productivity.
- The drought has shortened the growing season for crops.
- The new software update shortens the loading times significantly.
shortens Meaning
shortens
to add fat to (something, such as pastry dough) in order to make tender and flaky, to reduce the length or duration of, to deprive of effect, to make or become short or shorter, to cause to seem short, to add shortening to (as pastry dough), to reduce in power or efficiency, to become short or shorter
Synonyms & Antonyms of shortens
FAQs About the word shortens
to add fat to (something, such as pastry dough) in order to make tender and flaky, to reduce the length or duration of, to deprive of effect, to make or become
abbreviates,reduces, truncates, decreases, curtails, abridges, cuts back, diminishes, modifies,elides
lengthens, expands, elongates, prolongs,extends, increases, enlarges, dilates, heightens, amplifies
This shortcut shortens the commute by 15 minutes.
Drinking soda can shorten your life expectancy.
The movie's runtime was shortened for its television debut.
Stretching regularly shortens muscle recovery time.
