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Shortcake
n.
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An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
Short circuit
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A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
Short-circuited
imp. & p. p.
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of Short-circuit
Short-circuiting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Short-circuit
Short-circuit
v. t.
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To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
Shortclothes
n.
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Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
Shortcoming
n.
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The act of falling, or coming short
Shortcoming
n.
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The failure of a crop, or the like.
Shortcoming
n.
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Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
Short-dated
a.
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Having little time to run from the date.
Shortened /
imp. & p. p.
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Shortening
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Shorten
a.
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To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
Shorten
a.
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To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Shorten
a.
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To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Shorten
a.
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To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
Shorten
v. i.
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To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
Shortener
n.
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One who, or that which, shortens.
Shortening
n.
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The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
Shortening
n.
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That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.
Shorthand
n.
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A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
Short-handed
a.
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Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
Shorthead
n.
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A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
Shorthorn
a.
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One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.
Short-jointed
a.
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Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
Short-lived
a.
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Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
Shortly
adv.
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In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Shortly
adv.
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In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
Shortness
n.
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The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.
Shortsighted
a.
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Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.