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short
(shôrt)adj. short·er, short·est
1. Having little length; not long.
2. Having little height; not tall.
3. Extending or traveling not far or not far enough: a short toss.
4.
a. Lasting a brief time: a short holiday.
b. Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.
5. Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.
6.
a. Rudely brief; abrupt: The owner was quite short with the new hire.
b. Easily provoked; irascible: has a short temper.
7. Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.
8. Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.
9. Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.
10. Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.
11.
a. Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index: short investors; an investor who is short gold.
b. Of or relating to a short sale: a short position.
12.
a. Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.
b. Not ductile; brittle: short iron.
13.
a. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, "evil," as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, "apple tree."
b. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (o͝o) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.
14. Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
15. Slang Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
adv. shorter, shortest
1. Abruptly; quickly: stop short.
2. In a rude or curt manner.
3. At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.
4. At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.
5. By means of a short sale: selling a commodity short.
n.
1. Something short, as:
a. Linguistics A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.
b. A brief film; a short subject.
c. A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.
d. shorts Short pants extending to the knee or above.
e. shorts Undershorts.
2.
a. A short sale.
b. One that sells short.
3. shorts A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.
4. shorts Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
5.
a. A short circuit.
b. A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
6. Baseball A shortstop.
v. short·ed, short·ing, shorts
v.tr.
1. To cause a short circuit in.
2. Informal To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.
3. To short-sell (a security or index).
v.intr.
Idioms: To short-circuit.
for short
As an abbreviation: He's called Ed for short.
in short
In summary; briefly.
short for
An abbreviation of: Ed is short for Edward.
short of
1. Having an inadequate supply of: We're short of cash.
2. Less than: Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.
3. Other than; without resorting to: Short of yelling at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.
4. Not quite willing to undertake or do; just this side of: She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.
the short end of the stick
The worst side of an unequal deal.
short′ness n.
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shorts
(ʃɔːts)pl n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) trousers reaching the top of the thigh or partway to the knee, worn by both sexes for sport, relaxing in summer, etc
2. (Clothing & Fashion) chiefly US and Canadian men's underpants that usually reach mid-thigh. Usual Brit word: pants
3. (Stock Exchange) short-dated gilt-edged securities
4. (Banking & Finance) short-term bonds
5. (Stock Exchange) securities or commodities that have been sold short
6. (Forestry) timber cut shorter than standard lengths
7. (Agriculture) a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ
8. items needed to make up a deficiency
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pants
– shortsIn British English, pants are a piece of clothing worn by men, women, or children under their other clothes. Pants have two holes to put your legs through and elastic round the waist or hips to keep them up.
Men's pants are sometimes referred to as underpants. Women's pants are sometimes referred to as panties or knickers.
In American English, a piece of clothing like this for men is usually referred to as shorts or underpants. For women, they are usually called panties.
In American English, the word pants is used to refer to men's or women's trousers.
He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.
In both British and American English, shorts are also trousers with very short legs that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.
I usually wear shorts and a T-shirt when I play tennis.
Both pants and shorts are plural nouns. You use a plural form of a verb with them.
The pants were white with a lace trim.
His grey shorts were far too big.
Be Careful!
Don't say 'a pants' or 'a shorts'. You can say a pair of pants or a pair of shorts.
It doesn't take long to choose a pair of pants.
He is wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt.
You use a singular form of a verb with a pair of pants or a pair of shorts.
Why is this pair of pants on the floor?
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| Noun | 1. |  shorts - trousers that end at or above the kneeBermuda shorts, Jamaica shorts - short pants that end at the knee hot pants - skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment lederhosen - leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| 2. |  shorts - underpants worn by men underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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Translations
سِروال قَصيرشورت
šortky
shorts
shortsit
kratke hlačešorc
sortrövidnadrág
stuttbuxur
半ズボン
반바지
šortky
kratke hlačespodnjice
shorts
กางเกงขาสั้น
quần soóc
shorts
[ˈʃɔːts] NPL → pantalones mpl cortosa pair of shorts → un pantalón corto, unos pantalones cortos
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shorts
[ˈʃɔːrts] npl (US) (= underpants) → caleçon mshort-sighted shortsighted [ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪtɪd] adj
(mainly British) (= myopic) → myope
(fig) [person] → qui manque de vue à long terme; [policy, measure] → à courte vue
to be short-sighted about sth → manquer de vue à long terme sur la question de qchshort-sightedness [ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪtɪdnɪs] n
to be short-sighted about sth → manquer de vue à long terme sur la question de qchshort-sightedness [ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪtɪdnɪs] n
(mainly British) (= myopia) → myopie f
(fig) → manque m de vue à long termeshort-sleeved [ˌʃɔːrtˈsliːvd] adj → à manches courtesshort-staffed [ˌʃɔːrtˈstɑːft] adj
to be short-staffed → manquer de personnelshort-stay car park n → parc m de stationnement de courte durée
to be short-staffed → manquer de personnelshort-stay car park n → parc m de stationnement de courte durée
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shorts
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
short
(ʃoːt) adjective1. not long. You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?
2. not tall; smaller than usual. a short man.
3. not lasting long; brief. a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.
4. not as much as it should be. When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.
5. (with of) not having enough (money etc). Most of us are short of money these days.
6. (of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.
adverb1. suddenly; abruptly. He stopped short when he saw me.
2. not as far as intended. The shot fell short.
ˈshortness nounˈshortage (-tidʒ) noun
a lack; the state of not having enough. a shortage of water.
ˈshorten verb to make or become shorter. The dress is too long – we'll have to shorten it.
ˈshortening noun (especially American) the fat used for making pastry.
ˈshortly adverb soon. He will be here shortly; Shortly after that, the police arrived.
shorts noun plural short trousers for men or women.
ˈshortbread noun a kind of crisp, crumbling biscuit.
ˌshort-ˈchange verb to cheat (a buyer) by giving him too little change.
short circuit the missing out by an electric current of a part of an electrical circuit (verb ˌshort-ˈcircuit) ˈshortcoming noun
a fault.
ˈshortcut noun a quicker way between two places. I'm in a hurry – I'll take a shortcut across the field.
ˈshorthand noun a method of writing rapidly, using strokes, dots etc to represent sounds.
ˌshort-ˈhanded adjective having fewer workers than are necessary or usual.
ˈshort-list noun a list of candidates selected from the total number of applicants for a job etc.
verb to put on a short-list. We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.
ˌshort-ˈlived (-ˈlivd) , ((American) -ˈlaivd) adjective living or lasting only for a short time. short-lived insects; short-lived enthusiasm.
ˌshort-ˈrange adjective1. not reaching a long distance. short-range missiles.
2. not covering a long time. a short-range weather forecast.
ˌshort-ˈsighted adjective seeing clearly only things that are near. I don't recognize people at a distance because I'm short-sighted.
ˌshort-ˈsightedly adverbˌshort-ˈsightedness noun
ˌshort-ˈtempered adjective
easily made angry. My husband is very short-tempered in the mornings.
ˌshort-ˈterm adjective1. concerned only with the near future. short-term plans.
2. lasting only a short time. a short-term loan.
by a short head by a very small amount. to win by a short head.
for short as an abbreviation. His name is Victor, but we call him Vic for short.
go short to cause oneself not to have enough of something. Save this carton for tomorrow, or else we'll go short (of milk).
in short in a few words.
in short supply not available in sufficient quantity. Fresh vegetables are in short supply.
make short work of to dispose of very quickly. The children made short work of the ice-cream.
run short1. (of a supply) to become insufficient. Our money is running short.
2. (with of) not to have enough. We're running short of money.
short and sweetHis reply was short and sweet: `Get out!' he shouted.
short for an abbreviation of. `Phone' is short for `telephone'; What is `Ltd.' short for?
short of not as far as or as much as. Our total came to just short of $1,000; We stopped five miles short of London.
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shorts
→ شورت šortky shorts Shorts σορτς pantalón corto shortsit short kratke hlače calzoncini 半ズボン 반바지 korte broek kortbukser szorty bermudas, calções шорты shorts กางเกงขาสั้น şort quần soóc 短裤Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009