To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
Refers to odds getting shorter and thus less attractive to the bettor.
The opposite of 'Lengthen'. Referred to odds getting shorter, that is, less attractive to the bettor.
When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse. A shortener is a horse which opens at a specific price at the start of betting, and is at a lower price when betting closes.
The opposite of lengthening odds. Odds are sad to shorten when they become less than the original posting price or last checked price.
Referred to the odds getting shorter. The opposite of "lengthen".
Odds that reduce, say from 10-1 to 8-1, are said to have shortened.
Shortening the Odds - When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse.