Short Definition–adjective | 1. | having little length; not long. | | 2. | having little height; not tall: a short man. | | 3. | extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. | | 4. | brief in duration; not extensive in time: a short wait. | | 5. | brief or concise, as writing. | | 6. | rudely brief; abrupt; hurting: short behavior. | | 7. | low in amount; scanty: short rations. | | 8. | not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough. | | 9. | below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure. | | 10. | having a scanty or insufficient amount of (often fol. by in or on): He was short in experience. | | 11. | being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu. | | 12. | Cookery. | a. | (of pastry and the like) crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening. | | b. | (of dough) containing a relatively large amount of shortening. | | | 13. | (of metals) deficient in tenacity; friable; brittle. | | 14. | (of the head or skull) of less than ordinary length from front to back. | | 15. | Stock Exchange. | a. | not possessing at the time of sale commodities or stocks that one sells. | | b. | noting or pertaining to a sale of commodities or stocks that the seller does not possess, depending for profit on a decline in prices. | | | 16. | Phonetics. | a. | lasting a relatively short time: “Bit” has a shorter vowel-sound than “bid” or “bead.” | | b. | belonging to a class of sounds considered as usually shorter in duration than another class, as the vowel of but as compared to that of bought, and in many languages serving as a distinctive feature of phonemes, as the a in German Bann in contrast with the ah in Bahn, or the t in Italian fato in contrast with the tt in fatto (opposed to long ). | | c. | having the sound of the English vowels in bat, bet, bit, hot, but, and put, historically descended from vowels that were short in duration. | | | 17. | Prosody. | a. | (of a syllable in quantitative verse) lasting a relatively shorter time than a long syllable. | | | 18. | (of an alcoholic drink) small: a short drink. | | 19. | Chiefly British. (of whiskey) undiluted; straight. | | 20. | Ceramics. (of clay) not plastic enough to be modeled. | | 21. | Ropemaking. hard (def. 39). | –adverb | 22. | abruptly or suddenly: to stop short. | | 24. | on the near side of an intended or particular point: The arrow landed short. | | 25. | Baseball. | a. | with the hands higher on the handle of the bat than usual: He held the bat short and flied out. | | b. | in a fielding position closer to home plate than usual. | | –noun | 26. | something that is short. | | 27. | that which is deficient or lacking. | | 28. | the sum and substance of a matter; gist (usually prec. by the). | | 29. | shorts, | a. | trousers, knee-length or shorter. | | b. | short pants worn by men as an undergarment. | | c. | knee breeches, formerly worn by men. | | d. | Finance. short-term bonds. | | e. | Mining. crushed ore failing to pass through a given screen, thus being of a larger given size than a specific grade. Compare fine (def. 29a
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cards, or refuse of various cutting and manufacturing processes. | | | 30. | a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short. | | 31. | a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size. | | 32. | Military. a shot that strikes or bursts short of the target. | | 34. | Prosody. a short sound or syllable. | | 38. | a deficiency or the amount of a deficiency. | | 39. | Chiefly British. a small drink of straight whiskey; shot. | –verb (used with object) | 40. | to cause a short circuit in. | | 41. | to cheat by giving less than is expected or deserved; shortchange. | –verb (used without object) —Idioms | 43. | come or fall short, | a. | to fail to reach a particular standard. | | b. | to prove insufficient; be lacking: Her funds fell short, and she had to wire home for help. | | | 44. | cut short, to end abruptly; terminate: Her nap was cut short by a loud noise from outside. | | 45. | for short, by way of abbreviation: Her name is Patricia, and she's called Pat for short. | | 46. | in short, | b. | in few words; in brief:
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In short, this has been rather a disappointing day. | | | 47. | make short work of. work (def. 52). | | 48. | run short, to be in insufficient supply: My patience is running short. | | 49. | sell short, | a. | Stock Exchange. to sell stocks or the like without having them in one's actual possession at the time of the sale. | | b. | to disparage or underestimate: Don't sell Tom short; he's really an excellent engineer. | | | 50. | short and sweet, | b. | pertinent: We're in a hurry, so make it short and sweet. | | | 51. | short for, being a shorter form of; abbreviated to: “Phone” is short for “telephone.” | | 52. | short of, | a. | less than; inferior to. | | b. | inadequately supplied with (money, food, etc.). | | c. | without going to the length of; failing of; excluding: Short of murder, there is nothing he wouldn't have tried to get what he wanted. | | |
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Term Definition–noun | 1. | a word or group of words designating something, esp. in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics. | | 2. | any word or group of words considered as a member of a construction or utterance. | | 3. | the time or period through which something lasts. | | 4. | a period of time to which limits have been set: elected for a term of four years. | | 5. | one of two or more divisions of a school year, during which instruction is regularly provided. | | 6. | an appointed or set time or date, as for the payment of rent, interest, wages, etc. | | 7. | terms, | a. | conditions with regard to payment, price, charge, rates, wages, etc.: reasonable terms. | | b. | conditions or stipulations limiting what is proposed to be granted or done: the terms of a treaty. | | c. | footing or standing; relations: on good terms with someone. | | d. | Obsolete. state, situation, or circumstances. | | | 8. | Algebra, Arithmetic. | a. | each of the members of which an expression, a series of quantities, or the like, is composed, as one of two or more parts of an algebraic expression. | | b. | a mathematical expression of the form axp, axpyq, etc., where a, p, and q are numbers and x and y are variables. | | | 9. | Logic. | a. | the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition. | | b. | the word or expression denoting the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition. | | | 10. | Also called terminus. a figure, esp. of Terminus, in the form of a herm, used by the ancient Romans as a boundary marker; terminal figure. | | 11. | Law. | a. | an estate or interest in land or the like, to be enjoyed for a fixed period. | | b. | the duration of an estate. | | c. | each of the periods during which certain courts of law hold their sessions. | | | 12. | completion of pregnancy; parturition. | | 13. | Archaic. | a. | end, conclusion, or termination. | | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to apply a particular term or name to; name; call; designate. | —Idioms | 15. | bring to terms, to force to agree to stated demands or conditions; bring into submission: After a long struggle, we brought them to terms. | | 16. | come to terms, | a. | to reach an agreement; make an arrangement: to come to terms with a creditor. | | b. | to become resigned or accustomed: to come to terms with one's life. | | | 17. | eat one's terms, British Informal. to study for the bar; be a law student. | | 18. | in terms of, with regard to; concerning: The book offers nothing in terms of a satisfactory conclusion. | |
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Loan Definition–noun | 1. | the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book. | | 2. | something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest. | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella? | | 5. | to lend (money) at interest. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to make a loan or loans; lend. | —Idiom | 7. | on loan, | a. | borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time? | | b. | temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films. | | |
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