shorten

«shorten» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to make it shorter in length, like shortening trousers or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (shorten, shortens, shortened, shortening)

meaning for a pupil

1) To shorten something is to make it shorter in length, like shortening trousers or a rope. tree →

2) To shorten something is to make it last less time, like shortening a lesson. tree →

3) To shorten a word or name is to make it smaller, like «Benjamin» shortened to «Ben». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means to make less or weaker. "God's hand is shortened" means His power to save is limited, and shortened days mean a life cut short. Interpretation: Tradition reads Isaiah's question as God's answer that He is not unable to redeem, so exile came from sin and not from weakness. In the primary lessons: In writing lessons, pupils shorten long sentences to make them clearer and learn that «info» is a shortened form of «information». In maths, shortening a length means subtracting from it. In everyday life, days shorten in autumn and a tailor shortens clothes.

examples

• Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? (Prophets ISA.50.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. (Writings PSA.102.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. (Writings PSA.89.46, JPS 1917) tree →
• Mum shortened my trousers because they were too long. tree →
• The rain shortened our game by ten minutes. tree →
• Can you shorten this sentence? tree →
• «Elizabeth» is often shortened to «Liz». tree →
• The days shorten as winter comes. tree →
• If you shorten a 50 cm ribbon by 15 cm, it is 35 cm long. tree →
• We shortened the rope so the swing was higher. tree →
• And as they went to lay the foundation-stone, Gobborn Seer said to Jack, "Can't you shorten the way for me?" tree →

note

Regular verb: past «shortened». It is short + -en, meaning «make shorter». In maths, «shorten by» means subtract that amount; «shorten to» gives the new length. Opposite: «lengthen». «Shortening» is also a cooking fat used in baking (a noun).

In the corpora

• Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?
• The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame.
• He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
• The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
• Bones cannot move themselves; muscles move them, and a muscle can do only one thing: shorten and pull.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shorten» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.