To make short or shorter in time, extent, or measure.

使短缩。

To lessen.

减少。

To contract; take in, as a sail.

缩；收(如帆)。

To make crisp or brittle, as pastry, by using butter, lard, etc.

使脆(如糕饼之加以牛油、猪油等)。

To grow or become shorter or briefer.

缩短。