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short

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of two bytes and can be signed (-32K to +32K) or unsigned (64K)

short

n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

short, short bill of exchange

n. a bill of exchange payable after a short period

short circuit, short

n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

short, short circuit

n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

shortstop, short

n. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

short-circuit, short

v. create a short circuit in

short-change, short

v. cheat someone by not returning him enough money

short

adv. so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"

short

adv. at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"

short

adv. clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"

short, unawares

adv. at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"

abruptly, suddenly, short, dead

adv. quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"

curtly, short, shortly

adv. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

short

adj. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

short

adj. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"

short

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

short

adj. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

short, clipped

adj. music: staccato notes

short, little

adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

short, scant

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

short, crumbly

adj. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

light, scant(p), short

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic

adj. lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"

unretentive, forgetful, short

adj. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

small

adv. on a small scale; "think small"

promptly, quickly, quick

adv. with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

unceremonious

adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

point-blank

adj. close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot"

dwarfish

adj. atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"

bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

slight, insubstantial

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

bare(a), scanty, spare

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

sparse, thin

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)

adj. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

abridged

adj. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

feminine

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

unaccented, light, weak

adj. (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

unemphatic

adj. not emphasized

abrupt, disconnected

adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"

small, little

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

buoyant, floaty

adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

chiffon

adj. of pastry: having a light delicate texture achieved by whipping or adding whipped egg whites: "lemon chiffon pie"

light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free

adj. having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"

feathery, featherlike

adj. resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"

lightweight

adj. having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

low-density(p)

adj. having low relative density or specific gravity

weightless

adj. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

chewable, cuttable

adj. easy to cut or chew

crisp, crispy

adj. tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips"

flaky, flakey

adj. made of or easily forming flakes

tenderized, tenderised

adj. made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat"

depleted, low

adj. no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"

lean

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

lean, skimpy

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

scarce

adj. not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

shy(p)

adj. short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"

prodigal

adj. marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life"

thriftless

adj. careless of the future

unforethoughtful

adj. lacking forethought

long

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of four bytes and can be signed (-2G to +2G) or unsigned (4G)

long

adj. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

long

adj. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"

tall

adj. great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

large, big

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

ample, sizable, sizeable

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

sufficient

adj. of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"

retentive

adj. having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; "soils retentive of moisture"

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