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Trousers that end at or above the knee |
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Underpants worn by men |
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Cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
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Create a short circuit in |
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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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(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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Low in stature Not tall He was short and stocky Short in stature A short smokestack A little man |
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Not sufficient to meet a need An inadequate income A poor salary Money is short On short rations Food is in short supply Short on experience |
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(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range A short memory |
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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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Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration The English vowel sounds in `pat' |
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`pet' |
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`pit' |
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`pot' |
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Putt' are short |
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Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so A light pound A scant cup of sugar Regularly gives short weight |
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Lacking foresight or scope A short view of the problem Shortsighted policies Shortsighted critics derided the plan Myopic thinking |
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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 |
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Marked by rude or peremptory shortness Try to cultivate a less brusque manner A curt reply The salesgirl was very short with him |
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Quickly and without warning He stopped suddenly |
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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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Clean across The car's axle snapped short |
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At some point or distance before a goal is reached He fell short of our expectations |
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So as to interrupt She took him up short before he could continue |
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At a disadvantage I was caught short |
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In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner He told me curtly to get on with it He talked short with everyone He said shortly that he didn't like it |