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WIKTIONARY
shortening
Noun
∙
Solid fat, such as margarine, lard or butter, used to make shortcrust pastry.
US, cooking
∙
verbal noun of
shorten
Verb
∙
present participle of
shorten
shorten
Verb
∙
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
transitive
∙
To become shorter.
intransitive
∙
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
transitive
∙
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
transitive
∙
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
transitive
∙
To take in the slack of (a rope).
nautical, transitive
∙
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
nautical, transitive