| shorten | 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. 2. 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. "Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain." (Dryden) 3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; with of. "Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears." (Dryden) 4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. To shorten a rope, to reduce sail by taking it in. Origin: See Short. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| shortening reaction | The adaptive shortening of the extensor muscles of the limb of a decerebrate animal when the limb is extended after it has been flexed. Compare: lengthening reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
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Shortening is a fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it inhibits the formation of long gluten strands in wheat-based doughs, giving them a "short" texture (as in shortbread). Shortening can be made from animal fat (lard), but is more commonly a hydrogenated vegetable oil that is solid at room temperature. Shortening has a higher smoke point than butter and margarine, and it has 100% fat content, compared to 80% for butter and margarine. ...
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a white, flavorless, solid fat formulated for baking or deep frying; any fat used in baking to tenderize the product by shortening gluten strands.
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The force produced by the muscle is greater than the external resistance; therefore the muscle is able to shorten while overcoming the external load.
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Any animal or vegetable fat-butter, margarine, lard or dripping.
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| shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
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| shorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| shorten | become short or shorter |
| shorten | make shorter than originally intended |
| shorten | make short or shorter |
| shorten | with parts removed |
| shorten | cut short |
| shorten | shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another |
| shorten | cut short in duration |
| shorten | any agent that shortens |
| shorten | act of decreasing in length |
| shorten | fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods |
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