short
short
englantilyhyt
töykeä
(keittiö) murea, muro-
(juoma) väkevä
riittämätön, vajaa
Esimerkkejä:
This pen is short.
ASAP is short for "as soon as possible".
shortbread
a short supply of goods
to be short of money
Anything short of a US invasion would not do. – Mikään vähempi kuin Yhdysvaltain invaasio ei riittäisi.
Liittyvät sanat: tall
Synonyymisanakirja
short
matala, ajattelematon, tuhlaavainen, vajavainen, lyhytnäköinen, riittämätön, puutteellinen, vaillinainen, köyhä, niukka, tiukka, lyhyt, pieni.
Liittyvät sanat: shortsit.
Rimmaavat sanat
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Englannin sanakirja
short (englanti > suomi)
short englanniksi
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
puhekieltä Of comparatively little height.
Having little duration; opposite of long.
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Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month its been at least twenty minutes long.''
puhekieltä Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
puhekieltä that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
puhekieltä that falls short of the green or the hole.
puhekieltä brittle Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (qualifier)
2013, Historic Heston (ISBN 1620402343), page 122:
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
He gave a short answer to the question.
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
a short supply of provisions
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
to be short of money
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
an account which is short of the truth
Landor
puhekieltä Not distant in time; near at hand.
Edmund Spenser
Clarendon
(RQ:Fielding Tom Jone)
In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Im short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.''
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
puhekieltä Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
We went short most finance companies in July.
A short film.
2012 July 12, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drifthttp://www.avclub.com/articles/ice-age-continental-drift,82358/
(non-gloss definition)
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short.
puhekieltä A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
puhekieltä A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
puhekieltä A short sale.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
A summary account.
Shakespeare
H. Sweet
puhekieltä An (l) (l) shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
puhekieltä To cause a short circuitNoun|short circuit in (something).
puhekieltä Of an electrical circuit, to short circuitVerb|short circuit.
puhekieltä To shortchange.
puhekieltä To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
This is the third time Ive caught them shorting us.''
puhekieltä To sell something, especially security securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
puhekieltä To shorten.
Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
Hes short common sense.''
puhekieltä Having a negative position in.
I dont want to be short the market going into the weekend.''
drawing (action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw)
shorts, short trousers (qualifier)
Avec un pantalon, jai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short.''
“With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
English short (short film etc)
(l) (gloss)