Slavic vs Shortened - What's the difference?
slavic | shortened |
Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European language associated with them.
(shorten)
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
To become shorter.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
* Dryden
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
* Dryden
(nautical) To take in the slack of (a rope).
(nautical) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
As an adjective slavic
is of the slavs, their culture or the branch of the indo-european language associated with them.As a verb shortened is
(shorten).slavic
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* (abbreviation):Adjective
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* Slavonic, SclavonicAnagrams
*shortened
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*shorten
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(en verb)- York came round to our heads and shortened the rein himself, one hole I think; every little makes a difference, be it for better or worse, and that day we had a steep hill to go up.
- Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
- to shorten an allowance of food
- Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain.