English Dictionary
Definition short in British English
short verb
[intransitive/transitive] verb
/ʃɔː(r)t/
1
to short-circuit, or to make something do this
Synonyms and related words

Related Words
Words related to short:
a leash (phrase)
at short notice (phrase)
be caught short (phrase)
cut someone short (phrase)
cut something short (phrase)
the short straw (phrase)
fall short (phrase)
go short (of something) (phrase)
in short (phrase)
in short order (phrase)
in supply (phrase)
in the short (phrase)
a short space of time (phrase)
life’s too short (phrase)
odds (phrase)
make work of someone (phrase)
make work of something (phrase)
myopia (noun)
myopic (adjective)
short of something ()
run short (of something) (phrase)
sell someone short (phrase)
short (adjective)
short (adverb)
short (noun)
short (verb)
short and sweet (phrase)
short back and sides (noun)
short circuit (noun)
short cut (noun)
short eats (noun)
short list (noun)
short money (noun)
short of breath (phrase)
short of something (phrase)
short story (noun)
short time (noun)
short wave (noun)
short-change (verb)
short-changed (adjective)
short-circuit (verb)
short-handed (adjective)
short-haul (adjective)
short-list (verb)
short-lived (adjective)
short-order cook (noun)
short-range (adjective)
short-selling (noun)
short-shorts (noun)
short-sighted (adjective)
short-staffed (adjective)
short-tempered (adjective)
short-term (adjective)
short-term memory (noun)
short-termism (noun)
short-winded (adjective)
stop (phrase)
stop short (phrase)
stop short of (doing) something (phrase)
the long and the short of it (phrase)
to a long story short (phrase)