Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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short | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
circuit | Yes | No | Yes | No |
short (noun) | circuit (noun) |
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the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area |
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed | movement once around a course |
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
a racetrack for automobile races | |
(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals | |
an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to | |
the boundary line encompassing an area or object |
short (adjective) | circuit (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 |
short (verb) | circuit (verb) |
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create a short circuit in | make a circuit |
cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
short (adverb) | circuit (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 |