Shorten
Reversed word is netrohs. The word "shorten" is formed by 7 different letters: E H N O R S T.
Definition(s) of shorten:
[1] (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
[1] (a.) 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.
[1] (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
[1] (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
[1] (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
Direct anagrams: hornets thrones . Number of anagrams: 2
Words created inserting one letter into shorten:
shortens
Shorter words created from shorten letters:
sh shore shorn short shot shoe shoer shote shone she shent so sort sore sorn sot soth son sone store stone stoner steno stern ser set seton sen senhor senor sent snort snore snot host hose hosen horst horste horse horns hots hoes hoers hons honers hones honest hes hest hers herons heros herns hets hens hents ohs others rhos reshot thorns throes
Words containing letter pairs from shorten: sh ho or rt te en
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Poet helper: words ending with the same letter group: en ten rten orten horten
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