abbreviate

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To shorten by omitting parts or details.
2. 2
   To speak or write in a brief manner.
3. 3
   To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
4. 4
   To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
5. 5
   To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Adjective

1. 1
   Abbreviated.
2. 2
   Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.
3. 3
   Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Noun

1. 1
   An abridgment.