English to English
adjective satellite
- cut short
A sawed-off shotgun.
A sawed-off broomstick.
The shortened rope was easier to use.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cut short in duration
The abbreviated speech.
Her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking.
An unsatisfactory truncated conversation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
A miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars.
Years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream.
source: WordNet 3.0
- with parts removed
The drastically cut film.
source: WordNet 3.0
