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noun : SHORT
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed ;
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2. (
) accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference ;
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3. (
) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base ;
verb : SHORT
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) cheat someone by not returning him enough money ;
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2. (
) create a short circuit in ;
Adjective : SHORT
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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" ;
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2. (
) (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" ;
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4. (
) of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor" ;
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5. (
) (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" ;
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6. (
) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" ;
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7. (
) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" ;
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9. (
) lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" ;
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10. (
) 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" ;
Adverb : SHORT
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" ;
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2. (
) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" ;
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3. (
) clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" ;
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4. (
) at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" ;
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5. (
) so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" ;
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6. (
) at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" ;
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