(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand. / (transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. / (intransitive) To write in shorthand.

(phonetics) A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.

(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate. / (intransitive) To become shorter. / (transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

Alternative spelling of shortcut

岸 Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. / (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.

(obsolete) To set on shore.

A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.

Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support. / Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).

simple past tense of shear

(obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.