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— English words —

• short adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
• short adj. (Of a person) Of comparatively small height.
• short adj. Having little duration.
• short adj. (Followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
• short adj. (Cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
• short adj. (Cricket, of a ball) bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
• short adj. (Golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
• short adj. (Gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
• short adj. (Baking, of pastries, metallurgy) Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening…
• short adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
• short adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
• short adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
• short adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
• short adj. (Colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
• short adj. (Obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
• short adj. (Finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price…
• short adj. (By extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
• short adj. (Finance, dated) Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
• short adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
• short adv. Unawares.
• short adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
• short adv. (Cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing…
• short adv. (Finance) With a negative ownership position.
• short n. A short circuit.
• short n. A short film.
• short n. A short version of a garment in a particular size.
• short n. (Baseball) A shortstop.
• short n. (Finance) A short seller.
• short n. (Finance) A short sale or short position.
• short n. A summary account.
• short n. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
• short n. (Programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
• short n. (US, slang) An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.
• short v. (Transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
• short v. (Intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
• short v. (Transitive) To shortchange.
• short v. (Transitive, informal) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
• short v. (Transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment…
• short v. (Obsolete) To shorten.
• short prep. Deficient in.
• short prep. (Finance) Having a negative position in.
• Short prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Albanian
  • short n. Drawing (action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw).
  • short n. Sweepstakes.
• Chinese
  • short adj. (Cantonese) insane; crazy.
  • short v. (Cantonese, of people) to become insane; to become crazy.
  • short v. (Cantonese, of electronics) to malfunction.
  • short v. (Cantonese, electrical engineering) to short-circuit.
• Middle english
  • short adj. Alternative form of schort.

— English words, defined in German —

• short Adj. Kurze Distanz.
• short Adj. Niedrig.
• short Adj. Kurze Zeitspanne.
• short S. Elektrotechnik: Kurzschluss.
• short V. Transitiv, Elektrotechnik: kurzschließen, einen Kurzschluss verursachen.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• short bijv. Kort.

— English words, defined in French —

• short adj. Court.
• short adv. Abruptement.
• short n. (Électricité) (Par ellipse) Court-circuit.
• short n. (Cinéma) (Par ellipse) Court-métrage.
• short n. (Finance) (Par ellipse) Vente à découvert.
• short n. (Baseball) Position de joueur de champ, proche du batteur.
• short v. (Électricité) Court-circuiter.
• short v. (Finance) Vendre à la baisse.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• short adv. Repentinamente, súbitamente.
• short adv. Brevemente.
• short adv. Cerca.
• short s. Algo que es corto.
• short s. Algo que esta escaso.
• short s. Electricidad. Cortocircuito.
• short s. Finanzas. Vendedor que vende mercancía o valores que no tiene.
• short s. Béisbol. Parada en corto.
• short s. Déficit.
• short s. Una bebida pequeña.
• short v. Cortocircuitar.
• short v. Engañar, estafar, al entregar menos de lo acordado o de lo justo.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• short adj. Curto.
• short adj. Baixo.
• short adv. Abruptamente.
• short s. (Eletricidade e Eletrônica) curto.
• short v. (Eletricidade e Eletrônica) causar curto.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• short agg. Corto.

— In German —

• short V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shorten.

— In Dutch —

• short bijv. Kort.
• short n. (Kleding) broek met korte pijpen.

— In French —

• short n.m. (Habillement) Culotte courte, ne couvrant que le haut des cuisses.
• short n.m. (Anglicisme) (Finance) Vente à découvert.
• short adj. (Familier) (Anglicisme) (Uniquement en attribut) Court…

— In Spanish —

• short s. Pantalón muy corto.

— In Portuguese —

• short s. (Vestuário e estrangeirismo) ver xorte.

232 English words from 49 English definitions

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27 English words from 40 foreign definitions

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78 foreign words from 40 foreign definitions

Abruptamente Abruptement acordado à␣découvert Aktiv à␣la␣baisse Anglicisme attribut baisse Baixo batteur bebida Béisbol Brevemente broek causar Cerca Cinéma corto Cortocircuitar Cortocircuito Court-circuit Court-circuiter courte Court␣métrage couvrant curto de␣champ découvert Déficit Distanz einen Electricidad Électricité Elektrotechnik Eletricidade Eletrônica Engañar entregar escaso esta estafar estrangeirismo Familier Finanzas Habillement Imperativ joueur joueur␣de␣champ justo Kleding Kurze kurzschließen Kurzschluss menos mercancía métrage Niedrig Pantalón pequeña pijpen Präsens proche Repentinamente súbitamente tiene Transitiv Uniquement valores vende Vendedor Vendre Vente Vente␣à␣découvert verursachen Vestuário xorte Zeitspanne

486 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

short␣a shorte short␣e shorth short␣i short␣o shorts short␣s Shortt short␣u shorty Shorty shorted shorten Shorten shorter Shorter shorths shortia shortie shortly short␣of short␣oo short␣s's Shortts shortage Shortall short␣and shortass short-ass short␣bit shortbow short␣bus shortcut short-cut short␣cut Shortell short␣end shortens Shortens shorters Shorters Shortess short␣ess shortest shortfic shortfin short␣for shortias shorties +436 words

110 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

upshorts beshorted boyshorts boy-shorts boy␣shorts gym␣shorts unshorted unshorten forshorten preshorten swimshorts unshortens boardshorts board␣shorts booty␣shorts boxer␣shorts cargo␣shorts cover␣shorts cycle␣shorts eat␣my␣shorts foreshorten overshorten preshortage preshortens short␣shorts split␣shorts sweatshorts ultrashorts undershorts unshortened at␣short␣sight biking␣shorts board-shorted foreshortens in␣short␣order in␣short␣pants jockey␣shorts overshortens pekpek␣shorts preshortened safety␣shorts shorty␣shorts unshortening Bermuda-shorts Bermuda␣shorts cycling␣shorts foreshortened foreshortener in␣short␣supply in␣the␣short␣run +60 words

60 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

go␣short in␣short boyshort boy-short cut␣short for␣short hot-short hot␣short one␣short redshort red-short run␣short antishort came␣short cold-short cold␣short come␣short cuts␣short fall␣short fell␣short goes␣short gone␣short hold␣short megashort overshort sell␣short sold␣short step␣short stop␣short went␣short boardshort falls␣short going␣short sells␣short short␣short supershort taken␣short ultrashort castle␣short caught␣short come␣up␣short fallen␣short life␣is␣short bring␣up␣short cutting␣short falling␣short selling␣short stopped␣short brings␣up␣short life's␣too␣short +10 words

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hor ort ORT sho Sho SHO sho' Shor

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ohs OHs OHS Roh ROH Rohs RoHS TRO

9 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

horst Horst hotrs hotṛs Roths Stohr Stroh thors trosh

63 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

borsht Borths broths forths froths Groths hetros horsts Horsts hoster hostry jhorts Korths norths Norths orthos Ostroh others Porths rehost reshot re-shot Roaths Rosyth Rothes Rouths schort short␣a shorte short␣e shorth short␣i short␣o shorts short␣s Shortt short␣u shorty Shorty shoter Shrout Stoehr Stohrs Storch Strohl Strohm thorns thorps thorts throbs +13 words

37 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

host hotr hotṛ hots HOTs HRTs orth- orts ORTs oths rhos Rhos Rohs RoHS rost Roth rots ROTS RSOH RTOs RTOS Shor shot SOHR sort Soth thor Thor Thos. thro thro' THRs tors tosh Tosh TOSH TROs

22 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

shart shirt shoat shoot Shorb shore Shore shorl shorn Shorr Shors shory shott Shott shout skort snort sport SPORT Stort thort whort

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Shor shot sort

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

schort Shortt

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