piggyback vs shorten

piggyback

noun
  • An act or instance of piggybacking. 

  • The connection of one intravenous drip to another. 

  • A ride on somebody's back or shoulders. 

verb
  • To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon 

  • To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP. 

  • To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge. 

  • To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders. 

  • To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate 

  • To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event. 

adv
  • On somebody's back or shoulders. 

adj
  • On somebody's back or shoulders. 

  • Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train. 

  • Attached or appended to something larger or more important. 

shorten

verb
  • 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 shorter; to abbreviate. 

  • To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc. 

  • To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of). 

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