Word: short

Category: short

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Related words: short

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Synonyms: short

eyeglass

Translations: short

short in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
corto, pequeño, breve

short in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
kurze, brüsk, klein, kurz, cholerisch, kürzeste, schroff, ungenügend

short in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
austère, laconique, abréger, abrupt, bas, ras, aigre, colérique, cassant, étriqué, concis, court, insuffisant, sommaire, serré, intense

short in italian

Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
brusco, breve, corto

short in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
margem, curto, costa, breve

short in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
bruusk, kortstondig, kort

short in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
меньше, холерический, рассыпчатый, низкий, неполный, коротко, кургузый, непродолжительный, недолгий, невелик, кратковременный, короткий, преждевременно, невысокий, кратко, краткий

short in norwegian

Dictionary:
norwegian
Translations:
kort, liten

short in swedish

Dictionary:
swedish
Translations:
kort, tvär

short in finnish

Dictionary:
finnish
Translations:
hauras, vajaa, riittämätön, jyrkkä, täpärä, niukka, lyhyt

short in danish

Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
brysk, kort

short in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
sporý, křehký, skoupý, krátce, krátký, malý, silný, zkrátit, nedostatečný, nízký, úsečný, omezený, stručný

short in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
krótki, niedostateczny, zwięzły, lakoniczny, opryskliwy, blankowy, niski, krótkotrwale, zapalczywy, krótkofalowy, krótkodystansowy, krótko, krótkometrażowy, niedługi, ostry

short in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
lerövidített, rövidfilm, kisfilm, röviden, kifogyva

short in turkish

Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
pes, kısa

short in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
κοντός

short in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
невеликий, коротенький, низький, менше, короткий

short in belarusian

Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
кароткi

short in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
slab, nizak, trošan, sažet, plah

short in icelandic

Dictionary:
icelandic
Translations:
stuttur

short in lithuanian

Dictionary:
lithuanian
Translations:
šiurkštus, trumpas

short in latvian

Dictionary:
latvian
Translations:
īss, skarbs, strups

short in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
scurt, brusc

short in slovenian

Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
kratek

short in slovak

Dictionary:
slovak
Translations:
malý, kusý, stručný, krátky

The meaning and "use of": short

adjective
  • measuring a small distance from end to end. - short, dark hair
  • lasting or taking a small amount of time. - visiting London for a short break
  • relatively small in extent. - a short speech
  • (of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g., in standard British English the vowel / ʊ / in good is short as distinct from the long vowel / uː / in food ). - Maybe it's all part of a plan to nullify the threat from the land of the short sharp vowel.
  • (of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability. - they have been backed at short odds to win thousands
  • (of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly. - The easiest way to do this with very short pastry is wrap it lightly around the rolling pin, lift the pastry up on the rolling pin, and lay it on top of the fruit.
adverb
  • (chiefly in sports) at, to, or over a relatively small distance. - you go deep and you go short
noun
  • a drink of spirits served in a small measure. - Nicholas said he had drunk about six shorts and other alcohol and had taken heroin in the hours leading up to the encounter.
  • a short film as opposed to a feature film. - Arteta made several well-received shorts and the feature film Star Maps, about a would-be movie star who makes a living selling Hollywood maps - and sex.
  • a person who sells short. - During a downtrend, shorts are selling aggressively while the only participants that are buying are bottom pickers.
  • a mixture of bran and coarse flour. - The diets contained shorts , bran, or flour alone or in combination.
verb
  • short-circuit or cause to short-circuit. - the electrical circuit had shorted out
  • sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls. - Take our investors, for example, who made money shorting financials over the last year.

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