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short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Type Words
Synonyms inadequate, jejune, poor
Derivation shortness


money is short.
on short rations.
food is in short supply.
short on experience.

short::verb | Spocien Dictionary

short
verb
/ʃɔrt/
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Type Words
Synonyms short-change
Type of mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, defraud, con, bunco, goldbrick, hornswoggle, diddle

short::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

short
adverb
/ʃɔrt/
at a disadvantage
Type Words
Synonyms unawares


I was caught short.

short::noun | Spocien Dictionary

short
noun
/ʃɔrt/
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Type Words
Synonyms shortstop
Type of position

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Type Words
Synonyms brusk, brusque, curt
Derivation shortness


the salesgirl was very short with him.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
low in stature; not tall
Type Words
Synonyms little
Derivation shortness


he was short and stocky.
short in stature.
a short smokestack.

short::noun | Spocien Dictionary

short
noun
/ʃɔrt/
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Type Words
Synonyms short circuit
Type of contact, tangency

short::verb | Spocien Dictionary

short
verb
/ʃɔrt/
create a short circuit in
Type Words
Synonyms short-circuit
Type of create, make

short::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

short
adverb
/ʃɔrt/
quickly and without warning
Type Words
Synonyms abruptly, dead, suddenly

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Type Words
Synonyms light, scant


regularly gives short weight.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
Type Words
Synonyms forgetful, unretentive
Derivation shortness


a short memory.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
lacking foresight or scope
Type Words
Synonyms myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful


a short view of the problem.
shortsighted policies.
shortsighted critics derided the plan.

short::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

short
adverb
/ʃɔrt/
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
Type Words
Synonyms curtly, shortly


he talked short with everyone.
he said shortly that he didn't like it.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
Type Words


a short sale.
short in cotton.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Type Words


the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Type Words
Derivation shortness


short skirts.
short hair.
the board was a foot short.
a short toss.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
Type Words
Derivation shortness


a short life.
a short flight.
a short holiday.
a short story.
only a few short months.

short::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

short
adjective
/ʃɔrt/
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
Type Words


shortbread is a short crumbly cookie.
a short flaky pie crust.

short::noun | Spocien Dictionary

short
noun
/ʃɔrt/
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Type Words
Type of piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land

short::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

short
adverb
/ʃɔrt/
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
Type Words


he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.