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Definition of short
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of short is as below...
Short
(superl.)
Not long;
having
brief
length
or
linear
extension;
as, a short
distance;
a short piece of
timber;
a short
flight..
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Coehorn
::
Coehorn
(n.) A small
bronze
mortar
mounted
on a
wooden
block with
handles,
and light
enough
to be
carried
short
distances
by two men..
Trichina
::
Trichina
(n.) A
small,
slender
nematoid
worm
(Trichina
spiralis)
which,
in the
larval
state,
is
parasitic,
often in
immense
numbers,
in the
voluntary
muscles
of man, the hog, and many other
animals.
When
insufficiently
cooked
meat
containing
the
larvae
is
swallowed
by man, they are
liberated
and
rapidly
become
adult,
pair, and the
ovoviviparous
females
produce
in a short time large
numbers
of young which find their way into the
muscles,
either
directly,
or
indirectly
by means of the
blood.
Their
Illness
::
Illness
(n.)
Disease;
indisposition;
malady;
disorder
of
health;
sickness;
as, a short or a
severe
illness..
Toddle
::
Toddle
(v. i.) To walk with
short,
tottering
steps,
as a
child..
Worm
::
Worm (n.) Any small
creeping
animal
or
reptile,
either
entirely
without
feet, or with very short ones,
including
a great
variety
of
animals;
as, an
earthworm;
the
blindworm..
Terminus
::
Terminus
(n.) The Roman
divinity
who
presided
over
boundaries,
whose
statue
was
properly
a short
pillar
terminating
in the bust of a man,
woman,
satyr,
or the like, but often
merely
a post or stone stuck in the
ground
on a
boundary
line..
Mushroom
::
Mushroom
(n.) An
edible
fungus
(Agaricus
campestris),
having
a white stalk which bears a
convex
or oven
flattish
expanded
portion
called
the
pileus.
This is
whitish
and silky or
somewhat
scaly
above,
and bears on the under side
radiating
gills which are at first
flesh-colored,
but
gradually
become
brown.
The plant grows in rich
pastures
and is
proverbial
for
rapidity
of
growth
and
shortness
of
duration.
It has a
pleasant
smell,
and is
largely
used as food. It is also
cultivated
from
spawn..
Abbreviatory
::
Abbreviatory
(a.)
Serving
or
tending
to
abbreviate;
shortening;
abridging.
Tachydidaxy
::
Tachydidaxy
(n.) A short or rapid
method
of
instructing.
Brachycephalism
::
Brachycephalism
(n.) The state or
condition
of being
brachycephalic;
shortness
of head.
Talma
::
Talma (n.) A kind of large cape, or
short,
full
cloak,
forming
part of the dress of
ladies..
Ae
::
Ae () A
diphthong
in the Latin
language;
used also by the Saxon
writers.
It
answers
to the Gr. ai. The
Anglo-Saxon
short ae was
generally
replaced
by a, the long / by e or ee. In
derivatives
from Latin words with ae, it is
mostly
superseded
by e. For most words found with this
initial
combination,
the
reader
will
therefore
search
under the
letter
E..
Mucronated
::
Mucronated
(a.)
Ending
abruptly
in a sharp
point;
abruptly
tipped
with a short and sharp
point;
as, a
mucronate
leaf..
Can Hook
::
Can hook () A
device
consisting
of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for
hoisting
casks or
barrels
by the ends of the
staves..
Short-waisted
::
Short-waisted
(a.)
Having
a short
waist.
Breviate
::
Breviate
(n.) A short
compend;
a
summary;
a brief
statement.
Colt
::
Colt (n.) A short
knotted
rope
formerly
used as an
instrument
of
punishment
in the navy.
Sclerenchyma
::
Sclerenchyma
(n.)
Vegetable
tissue
composed
of short cells with
thickened
or
hardened
walls,
as in
nutshells
and the
gritty
parts of a pear. See
Sclerotic..
Desiccator
::
Desiccator
(n.) A short glass jar
fitted
with an
air-tight
cover,
and
containing
some
desiccating
agent,
as
sulphuric
acid or
calcium
chloride,
above which is
suspended
the
material
to be
dried,
or
preserved
from
moisture..
Strepsipterous
::
Strepsiptera
(n. pl.) A group of small
insects
having
the
anterior
wings
rudimentary,
and in the form of short and
slender
twisted
appendages,
while the
posterior
ones are large and
membranous.
They are
parasitic
in the
larval
state on bees,
wasps,
and the like; --
called
also
Rhipiptera.
See
Illust.
under
Rhipipter..
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