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short | [in finance] without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold | |
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short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed | |
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suddenly, abruptly, short, dead | quickly and without warning | |
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short | clean across | |
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short | [in phonetics] of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration | |
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short, short circuit | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference | |
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short, little, small | low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | |
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scant, light, short | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | |
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shortsighted, short, unforesightful, myopic | lacking foresight or scope | |
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short-circuit, short | create a short circuit in | |
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curt, brusque, brusk, short | marked by rude or peremptory shortness | |
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short | [in finance] not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices | |
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short | primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration | |
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short | so as to interrupt | |
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forgetful, short, unretentive | (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range | |
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short | at some point or distance before a goal is reached | |
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shortly, curtly, short | in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner | |
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short | having little length or lacking in length | |
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short | tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening | |
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shortstop, short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | |
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short-change, short | cheat someone by not returning him enough money | |
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short, inadequate, poor | not sufficient to meet a need | |
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short, short film | a film of short duration, not long enough to be considered a feature film | |
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short, unawares | at a disadvantage |