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"short" - Word "5" letter starting with "A" and ending with "D"
| Definition |
| create a short circuit in |
| cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
| marked by rude or peremptory shortness; |
| the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
| tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" |
| the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
| (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" |
| accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
| primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" |
| quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" |
| of spee |
| in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" |
| at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" |
| so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" |
| at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" |
| of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" |
| not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in pr |
| without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" |
| not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" |
| lacking foresight or scope; "a short vi |
| at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" |
| clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" |
| tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shorteni |
| lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" |
| (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" |
| not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" |
| less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" |
| low in stature; not tall; "he w |