Definitions
1.verbTo shorten by omitting parts or details.
2.verbTo speak or write in a brief manner.
3.verbTo make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
4.verbTo reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
5.verbTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
6.adjectiveShortened; made briefer."The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half."
7.adjectiveRelatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
8.adjectiveScanty, as in clothing.