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reshorten

reshorten verb: to shorten again.

Verb

reshorten (third-person singular simple present reshortens, present participle reshortening, simple past and past participle reshortened)

  1. To shorten again.

Forms of reshorten

third-person singular presentreshortens
present participlereshortening
past participlereshortened
pastreshortened

Origin of reshorten

From re- + shorten.

Questions about reshorten

What does reshorten mean?
Reshorten means to shorten again.
What part of speech is reshorten?
Reshorten is a verb.
What is the past tense of reshorten?
The past tense of reshorten is reshortened.

Words near reshorten in the dictionary

  1. reshore
  2. reshored
  3. reshores
  4. reshoring
  5. reshorn
  6. reshorten
  7. reshortened
  8. reshortening
  9. reshortenings
  10. reshortens
  11. reshot

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