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shorten teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: To make shorter; to abbreviate; To become shorter; to shorten the odds: see odds. to become shorter or make something shorter lengthen; {f} make shorter, abbreviate, cut, truncate; become shorter; add shortening, add butter or other fat; To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity; make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"; If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. Smoking can shorten your life When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression. lengthen; become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"; make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches; To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like; edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"; If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length. Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death. lengthen; To make deficient (as to); to deprive; with of; To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc; become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches; make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"; To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold; If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee
shorten sail: partially take in the sails, partially lower sails
shortening: Verbal noun form of shorten
To shorten: short
shortened: cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
shortened: {s} made shorter, cut short, abbreviated, truncated
shortened: third person singular, present tense of the verb to shorten
shortened: 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"
shortened: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
shortened: with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
shortening: (1) Any fat used in baking to tenderize the product by shortening gluten strands (2) A white, tasteless solid fat that has been formulated for baking or deep-frying
shortening: Fats used in the baking or frying of foods Shortenings impart "short" or tender qualities to baked goods Additives such as emulsifiers, antioxidants, anti-foaming agents, flavoring, etc may be present, depending on the intended use of the product
shortening: Shortening is cooking fat that you use with flour in order to make pastry or dough. fat made from vegetable oil that you mix with flour when making pastry
shortening: A mixture of partially hydrogenated fats, generally of plant origin, used for frying and for bakery products
shortening: fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
shortening: fat such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil used to make shortcrust pastry
shortening: {i} act of making shorter, act of cutting, abbreviation; solid fat used in baking (i.e. butter, lard, etc.)
shortening: present participle of shorten
shortening: Any fat, liquid, or solid used in pastry, dough, or batter for making the resulting product flakier, richer, or more tender In common use are hydrogenated shortenings like butter, lard, margarine, and the edible oils
shortening: That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc
shortening: A solid fat made from refined vegetable oil that has been partially hydrogenated and whipped
shortening: act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
shortening: Although good at holding air, shortening has little flavor It is just a fat solid Stick with butter for baking
shortening: act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening" fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
shortening: The act of making or becoming short or shorter
shortens: third-person singular of shorten