Shortened - Definition

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]