To shorten by omitting parts or details.
To speak or write in a brief manner.
To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Shortened; made briefer.
The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.