overshorten en · VERB
Pronunciation
- ō'vər.shôrʹtən (UK)
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃɔː.tən/ (UK)
- ō'vər.shôrʹtən (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃɔɹ.tən/ (US)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From over- + shorten.
Meanings
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(transitive) To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short.
This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it.
1936, Harold Vincent Marrot, editor, The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy, 2nd revised edition, Heinemann, page 696:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overshortens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overshortening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overshortened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overshortened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi lyhentää liikaa (to shorten too much)