To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
To become shorter.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).