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Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• adjective: Having little length; not long.
• adjective: Having little height; not tall.
• adjective: Extending or traveling not far or not far enough: a short toss.
• adjective: Lasting a brief time: a short holiday.
• adjective: Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.
• adjective: Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.
• adjective: Rudely brief; abrupt.
• adjective: Easily provoked; irascible.
• adjective: Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.
• adjective: Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.
• adjective: Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.
• adjective: Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.
• adjective: Not owning the stocks or commodities one is selling in anticipation of a fall in prices.
• adjective: Of or relating to a short sale.
• adjective: Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.
• adjective: Not ductile; brittle: short iron.
• adjective: 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.”
• adjective: 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.
• adjective: Unstressed; unaccented. Used of a syllable in accentual prosody.
• adjective: Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
• adjective: Slang Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
• adverb: Abruptly; quickly: stop short.
• adverb: In a rude or curt manner.
• adverb: At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.
• adverb: At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.
• adverb: Without owning what one is selling: selling a commodity short.
• noun: Something short, as:
• noun: Linguistics A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.
• noun: A brief film; a short subject.
• noun: A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.
• noun: Short trousers extending to the knee or above.
• noun: Men's undershorts.
• noun: A short sale.
• noun: One that sells short.
• noun: A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.
• noun: Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
• noun: A short circuit.
• noun: A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
• noun: Baseball A shortstop.
• verb-transitive: To cause a short circuit in.
• verb-transitive: Informal To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.
• verb-transitive: To sell (a stock that one does not own) in anticipation of making a profit when its price falls; make a short sale.
• verb-transitive: To sell unowned stock in (the stock market) in anticipation of making a profit when prices fall.
• verb-intransitive: To short-circuit.
• idiom: for short As an abbreviation: He's called Ed for short.
• idiom: in short In summary; briefly.
• idiom: short for An abbreviation of: Ed is short for Edward.
• idiom: short of Having an inadequate supply of: We're short of cash.
• idiom: short of Less than: Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.
• idiom: short of Other than; without resorting to: Short of yelling at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.
• idiom: short of Not quite willing to undertake or do; just this side of: She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.
• idiom: the short end of the stick The worst side of an unequal deal.

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