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).
To roll out or debut anything.
To open up by unrolling.
To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.
To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.