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short

(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ ) US:
Slow
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Adjective: short
1. short [ Synonyms: inadequate, jejune, poor]
Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
"an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor";
2. short [ Synonyms: light, scant]
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
"a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight";
3. short [ Synonyms: myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful]
Lacking foresight or scope
"a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking";
تنگ نظری ۔۔
4. short
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";
5. short [ Synonyms: brusk, brusque, curt]
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
"try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him";
بات چیت میں کڑوا اور روکھا۔
6. short
Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
"a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months";
کم۔
کم وقت۔
چہوٹا۔
7. short
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
"short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss";
چہوٹا۔
8. short [ Synonyms: little]
Low in stature; not tall
"he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man";
چھوٹا۔
چھوٹے قد کا۔
9. short [ Synonyms: forgetful, unretentive]
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
"a short memory";
10. short
Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
"a short sale"; "short in cotton";
11. short
Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
"the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short";
Noun: short
1. short
The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
2. short [ Synonyms: short circuit]
Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
3. short [ Synonyms: shortstop]
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Verb: short
1. short [ Synonyms: short-change]
Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
کسی کو رقم واپس نا کر کے دہوکہ دینا۔
2. short [ Synonyms: short-circuit]
Create a short circuit in
Adverb: short
1. short [ Synonyms: abruptly, dead, suddenly]
Quickly and without warning
"he stopped suddenly";
اچانک ۔
ایک دم سے ۔
کسی پیشگی اطلاع کے بغیر ۔
2. short
Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
"he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash";
3. short
Clean across
"the car's axle snapped short";
4. short
At some point or distance before a goal is reached
"he fell short of our expectations";
5. short
So as to interrupt
"She took him up short before he could continue";
6. short [ Synonyms: unawares]
At a disadvantage
"I was caught short";
7. short [ Synonyms: curtly, shortly]
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";
روکھے پن سے۔

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