Russian-English translations for сокраща́ть

• abbreviate
• abridge
  He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff
• cancel
  He cancelled his order on their website.
  This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
  The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
• close
  Close the door behind you when you leave
  Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed
  The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader
• contract
  Marriage is a contract
  The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him
  The snails body contracted into its shell.
• curtail
  Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
• cut down
  They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
  He wants to cut down on extra steps.
  Please dont put the candy jar right next to my desk. Im trying to cut down on sugar.
• dock
  to dock an entail
  coffee dock
  I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour.
• downsize
  Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home
  The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers
  They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building
• shorten
  to shorten an allowance of food