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ALL meanings of shorter

Shor·ter
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  • adjective shorter person: less tall 1
  • adjective shorter lasting less time 1
  • adjective shorter distance: not as far 1
  • adjective shorter more concise 1
  • noun shorter something that is short. 1
  • noun shorter that which is deficient or lacking. 1
  • noun shorter the sum and substance of a matter; gist (usually preceded by the). 1
  • noun shorter shorts. trousers, knee-length or shorter. short pants worn by men as an undergarment. knee breeches, formerly worn by men. Finance. short-term bonds. Mining. crushed ore failing to pass through a given screen, thus being of a larger given size than a specific grade. Compare fine1 (def 28a). remnants, discards, or refuse of various cutting and manufacturing processes. 1
  • noun shorter a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short. 1
  • noun shorter a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size. 1
  • noun shorter Military. a shot that strikes or bursts short of the target. 1
  • noun shorter Electricity. short circuit. 1
  • noun shorter Prosody. a short sound or syllable. 1
  • noun shorter Baseball. shortstop (def 1). 1
  • noun shorter Movies. short subject. 1
  • noun shorter Finance. short seller. 1
  • noun shorter a deficiency or the amount of a deficiency. 1
  • noun shorter Chiefly British. a small drink of straight whiskey; shot. 1
  • adjective shorter having little length; not long. 1
  • adjective shorter having little height; not tall: a short man. 1
  • adjective shorter extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 1
  • adjective shorter brief in duration; not extensive in time: a short wait. 1
  • adjective shorter brief or concise, as writing. 1
  • adjective shorter rudely brief; abrupt; hurting: short behavior. 1
  • adjective shorter low in amount; scanty: short rations. 1
  • adjective shorter not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough. 1
  • adjective shorter below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure. 1
  • adjective shorter having a scanty or insufficient amount of (often followed by in or on): He was short in experience. 1
  • adjective shorter being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu. 1
  • adjective shorter Cookery. (of pastry and the like) crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening. (of dough) containing a relatively large amount of shortening. 1
  • adjective shorter (of metals) deficient in tenacity; friable; brittle. 1
  • adjective shorter (of the head or skull) of less than ordinary length from front to back. 1
  • adjective shorter Stock Exchange. not possessing at the time of sale commodities or stocks that one sells. noting or pertaining to a sale of commodities or stocks that the seller does not possess, depending for profit on a decline in prices. 1
  • adjective shorter Phonetics. lasting a relatively short time: “Bit” has a shorter vowel-sound than “bid” or “bead.”. 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). having the sound of the English vowels in bat, bet, bit, hot, but, and put, historically descended from vowels that were short in duration. 1
  • adjective shorter Prosody. (of a syllable in quantitative verse) lasting a relatively shorter time than a long syllable. unstressed (def 1). 1
  • adjective shorter (of an alcoholic drink) small: a short drink. 1
  • adjective shorter Chiefly British. (of whiskey) undiluted; straight. 1
  • adjective shorter Ceramics. (of clay) not plastic enough to be modeled. 1
  • adjective shorter Ropemaking. hard (def 39). 1
  • adverb shorter abruptly or suddenly: to stop short. 1
  • adverb shorter briefly; curtly. 1
  • adverb shorter on the near side of an intended or particular point: The arrow landed short. 1
  • adverb shorter Baseball. with the hands higher on the handle of the bat than usual: He held the bat short and flied out. in a fielding position closer to home plate than usual. 1
  • verb with object shorter to cause a short circuit in. 1
  • verb with object shorter to cheat by giving less than is expected or deserved; shortchange. 1
  • verb without object shorter to short-circuit. 1
  • idioms shorter cut short, to end abruptly; terminate: Her nap was cut short by a loud noise from outside. 1
  • idioms shorter fall / come short, to fail to reach a particular standard. to prove insufficient; be lacking: Her funds fell short, and she had to wire home for help. 1
  • idioms shorter for short, by way of abbreviation: Her name is Patricia, and she's called Pat for short. 1
  • idioms shorter in short, in summary. in few words; in brief: In short, this has been rather a disappointing day. 1
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