short

short
1. adjective /ʃɔːt,ʃɔrt,ʃɑrt/
a) Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month its been at least twenty minutes long.

b) Of comparatively little height.

“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".

2. adverb /ʃɔːt,ʃɔrt,ʃɑrt/
a) abruptly

They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.

b) unawares

The recent developments at work caught them short.

3. noun /ʃɔːt,ʃɔrt,ʃɑrt/

Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

b) shortstop

The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

4. verb /ʃɔːt,ʃɔrt,ʃɑrt/
a) To cause a short circuit in (something).

This is the third time Ive caught them shorting us.

b) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

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  • Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • short — [shôrt] adj. [ME < OE scort, akin to ON skort, short piece of clothing, OHG scurz, short < IE * (s)kerd < base * (s)ker , to cut, SHEAR < CURT] 1. not extending far from end to end; not long or not long enough 2. not great in span,… …   English World dictionary

  • short — [ ʃɔrt ] n. m. • 1910; angl. shorts, de short « court » ♦ Culotte courte (pour le sport, les vacances). Short de tennis. Être en short. ⇒aussi bermuda, boxer short, flottant. Des shorts. Loc. fam. Tailler un short à qqn, le frôler (en voiture). ● …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • short — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a small length or duration. 2) relatively small in extent. 3) (of a person) small in height. 4) (short of/on) not having enough of. 5) in insufficient supply. 6) (of a person) terse; uncivil. 7) …   English terms dictionary

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  • short — short; short·age; short·en; short·en·er; short·ish; short·ite; short·ly; short·ness; short·om·e·ter; short·schat; short·sight·ed·ness; short·some; ul·tra·short; short·hand·ed·ness; short·shat; short·sight·ed·ly; …   English syllables

  • Short S.C.1 — Short S.C.1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Short — may refer to: * Short (surname) * Holly Short, a fictional character from the Artemis Fowl series * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short (finance), stock trading status * Short film, a cinema… …   Wikipedia

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