Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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length | Yes | No | No | No |
short | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
length (noun) | short (noun) |
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a section of something that is long and narrow | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
continuance in time | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end | |
size of the gap between two places |
length (adjective) | short (adjective) |
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(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range | |
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length | |
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration | |
low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | |
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration | |
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices | |
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening | |
marked by rude or peremptory shortness | |
lacking foresight or scope | |
of insufficient quantity to meet a need | |
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so |
length (verb) | short (verb) |
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create a short circuit in | |
cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
length (adverb) | short (adverb) |
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in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner | |
at a disadvantage | |
so as to interrupt | |
at some point or distance before a goal is reached | |
clean across | |
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold | |
quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation |