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Answer for the clue "Added lard ", 9 letters:
shortened
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: shorten )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" [syn: sawed-off , sawn-off ] cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ? ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shortening .] [See Short , a.] To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. To reduce or diminish in ...
Usage examples of shortened.
The young woman scampered and parried, trying to get far enough from the gnomes to regain her footing, but they paced her, every which way, banging their mauls with shortened, measured strokes so that this fast-tiring dark elf had no opportunities for clear counterstrikes.
He had also shortened the cord of his voder so that it no longer prodded his ear or the back of his head.
The short months since she had practiced Discipline showed in softened muscles and a shortened attention span.
Nothing in Baythan's noble bearing, his firm stride courteously shortened to match the Caverna's, would indicate that all was not as it should be.
She lengthened her stride just as Plus shortened its and she didn't know if she should laugh at their crosspurposes.
It was so far from Earth and the Nine Star League that it hadn't even a number on human charts: the 'Dini ident was a long series of consonants and 'Dini numerals which were shortened to Xh-33.
Carenath’s tone was defiant, begging Sean to contradict the golden dragon and anything that shortened their new experience.
He gave F'nor, who was staring at him in honest amazement, a second bow and then stripped off hot and sweaty flying gear, leaving on only the shortened trousers that were more suitable to the heat.
He shortened sail and then put his free arm behind Readis, noting the lad's instinctive handling of the rudder.
The visible shiver of her response shortened his breath and quickened his heartbeat.
In the early months of her marriage, when she had tried to please her husband, she quickly learned that touching him only shortened the time before he took her.
His breath shortened as her breast pressed against his palm and the sheet slithered down her body to reveal a golden triangle of hair.
Despite its shortened barrel, it was heavy, but she had been expecting the weight.
Bright splinters of sensation raced up from his touch, driving away her uncertainty, leaving only a stark pleasure that shortened her breath.
As he and Regis had expected, this section, supported along its front end by several shortened stalagmite pillars, was not a solid piece, but a worked slab propped in place.