noun Download 🔗Share A short circuit. Examples : "The faulty wiring caused a short in the circuit, plunging the entire house into darkness. " electronics technical device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short film. Examples : "My brother showed me a funny shorts he made about school life. " entertainment media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short version of a garment in a particular size. Examples : "38 short suits fit me right off the rack." wear style appearance item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shortstop. Examples : "Jones smashes a grounder between third and short." sport position person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short seller. Examples : "The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne." business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short sale. Examples : "He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months." business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A summary account. Examples : "The teacher gave a short shorts of the main points of the history lesson. " writing literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short sound, syllable, or vowel. Examples : "The "shorts" of the vowel sound in the word "button" are short and sharp. " phonetics language grammar sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long. Examples : "The program uses a `shorts` variable to store the number of students in each class, which is enough for smaller schools. " computing technical electronics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles. Examples : "The gang targeted older model cars, using their knowledge of "crack shorts" to easily break into them. " vehicle police property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause a short circuit in (something). Examples : "The faulty electrical wiring in the classroom shorts the lights, causing a blackout. " electronics technical electric Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. Examples : "The faulty wiring in the classroom shorts the circuit, causing the lights to flicker. " electronics electric technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To shortchange. Examples : "The store owner shorted me on my change, giving me only $5 instead of $10. " business economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. Examples : "This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us." business economy finance amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short. Examples : "The investor shorted the company's stock, hoping to make money if the price fell. " business finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To shorten. Examples : "The tailor shortened the dress, so it was the perfect length for the dance recital. " action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Trousers worn primarily in warm weather that do not go lower than the knees. Examples : "Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts." wear style appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes. Examples : "The tailor had a pile of shorts from cutting the fabric for the new school uniforms. " material item business industry process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard. Examples : "The baker used the shorts to make a special kind of bread. " food agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Short, inferior hemp. Examples : "The weaver used the inferior shorts to make a simple mat for the porch. " material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading