Word: short
Category: short
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Synonyms: short
eyeglass
Translations: short
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spanish
Translations:
corto, pequeño, breve
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german
Translations:
kurze, brüsk, klein, kurz, cholerisch, kürzeste, schroff, ungenügend
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french
Translations:
austère, laconique, abréger, abrupt, bas, ras, aigre, colérique, cassant, étriqué, ...
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italian
Translations:
brusco, breve, corto
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portuguese
Translations:
margem, curto, costa, breve
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dutch
Translations:
bruusk, kortstondig, kort
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russian
Translations:
меньше, холерический, рассыпчатый, низкий, неполный, коротко, кургузый, непродолжительный, недолгий, невелик, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
kort, liten
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swedish
Translations:
kort, tvär
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finnish
Translations:
hauras, vajaa, riittämätön, jyrkkä, täpärä, niukka, lyhyt
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danish
Translations:
brysk, kort
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czech
Translations:
sporý, křehký, skoupý, krátce, krátký, malý, silný, zkrátit, nedostatečný, nízký, ...
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polish
Translations:
krótki, niedostateczny, zwięzły, lakoniczny, opryskliwy, blankowy, niski, krótkotrwale, zapalczywy, krótkofalowy, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
lerövidített, rövidfilm, kisfilm, röviden, kifogyva
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turkish
Translations:
pes, kısa
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greek
Translations:
κοντός
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ukrainian
Translations:
невеликий, коротенький, низький, менше, короткий
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belarusian
Translations:
кароткi
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croatian
Translations:
slab, nizak, trošan, sažet, plah
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icelandic
Translations:
stuttur
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lithuanian
Translations:
šiurkštus, trumpas
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latvian
Translations:
īss, skarbs, strups
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romanian
Translations:
scurt, brusc
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slovenian
Translations:
kratek
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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.
- (chiefly in sports) at, to, or over a relatively small distance. - you go deep and you go short
- 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.
- 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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