| 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. b. Easily provoked; irascible. 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. Not owning the stocks or commodities one is selling in anticipation of a fall in prices. b. Of or relating to a short sale. 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 m  lus, "evil," as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word m lus, "apple tree."b. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound ( ) in pat or ( ) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.14. a. Unstressed; unaccented. Used of a syllable in accentual prosody. b. 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. Without owning what one is selling: 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 trousers extending to the knee or above. e. shorts Men's 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. a. To sell (a stock that one does not own) in anticipation of making a profit when its price falls; make a short sale. b. To sell unowned stock in (the stock market) in anticipation of making a profit when prices fall. 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. [Middle English, from Old English sceort, scort; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] short  ness n. |
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. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) short-dated gilt-edged securities
4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) short-term bonds
5. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) securities or commodities that have been sold short
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) timber cut shorter than standard lengths
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ
8. items needed to make up a deficiency
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 |
Translations
shorts [ˈʃɔːts] NPL → pantalones mpl cortos
a pair of shorts → un pantalón corto, unos pantalones cortos
a pair of shorts → un pantalón corto, unos pantalones cortos
shorts [ˈʃɔːrts] npl
(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 qch
short-sightedness [ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪtɪdnɪs] n
to be short-sighted about sth → manquer de vue à long terme sur la question de qch
short-sightedness [ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪtɪdnɪs] n
(mainly British) (= myopia) → myopie f
(fig) → manque m de vue à long terme
short-sleeved [ˌʃɔːrtˈsliːvd] adj → à manches courtes
short-staffed [ˌʃɔːrtˈstɑːft] adj
to be short-staffed → manquer de personnel
short-stay car park n → parc m de stationnement de courte durée
short-sleeved [ˌʃɔːrtˈsliːvd] adj → à manches courtes
short-staffed [ˌʃɔːrtˈstɑːft] adj
to be short-staffed → manquer de personnel
short-stay car park n → parc m de stationnement de courte durée
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