1. To attach with a clip.
2. To terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; SYN. curtail, cut short.

1. To cut off the end or tail of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
2. To interrupt.

1. To become short or shorter
2. To make short or shorter
3. To make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration