Term: shortening: act of decreasing in length
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: shih-tzu: a Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese → 0
Candidate hypernym: fifties: the time of life between 50 and 60 → 0
Candidate hypernym: cobweb: a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider → 0
Candidate hypernym: quarterback: (football) the person who plays quarterback → 0
Candidate hypernym: annual: a reference book that is published regularly once every year → 0
Candidate hypernym: physalis: ground cherries → 0
Candidate hypernym: visigoth: a member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France → 0
Candidate hypernym: furrow: a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) → 0
Candidate hypernym: isogon: an equiangular polygon → 0
Candidate hypernym: dastardliness: despicable cowardice → 0