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7. (all of metals) brittle, friable, breakable, fragile, frangible, fissile, shivery.
8. Chiefly Brit, (all of whiskey) undiluted, unmixed, uncut, straight, straight-up.
9. Ceramics, stiff, hard, rigid, inflexible, unpliable, unpliant, impliant, inelastic, inductile; brittle, friable, fissile, shivery.
10. short and sweet pleasantly or appropriately brief, concise, succinct, direct, straightforward; apt, appropriate, pertinent, to the point.
11. short of a. less than, inferior to. b. poor, deficient, lacking, wanting, missing, c. excluding, disregarding, not counting, leaving out; besides, other than, apart from, aside from.
-adv. 12. abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly, without warning, out of the blue; instantly, hastily, posthaste, quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, hurriedly, forthwith.
13. briefly, concisely, succinctly, directly, pointedly; curtly, sharply, tersely, tartly, rudely, brusquely, gruffly-
14. not far enough, this side of, on the near side of; prematurely, precipitately, beforehand, too soon, too early, too hastily; inopportunely, untimely.
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cut short terminate, stop, stop short, stop in the midst of, arrest, halt, cut off; interrupt, interfere, intermit, interpose, cut in on, break in upon, butt in.
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sell short Informal, disparage, deprecate, demean, belittle, deflate, derogate, detract, depreciate, devaluate, talk down, put down; underestimate, dispraise, minimize, slight, underrate, undervalue, under-reckon, beggar, extenuate, misprize, think nothing of, set no store by, fail to count on.
-n. 17. gist, essence, sum and substance, long and short; effect, drift, sense, spirit, import, tenor, purport, significance, implication, burden; pith, core, heart, marrow, main point, essential part.
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shorts a. bermudas, short pants, culottes, Inf. cut-offs, Inf short shorts, hot pants, b. underpants, underwear, underdrawers, drawers, briefs, Sl. skivvies, Sl. undies, Trademark. BVDs, Trademark. Fruit of the Looms, trunks, boxer shorts, jockey shorts, Brit, y-fronts, Brit, knickers; panties, bloomers, c. knickerbockers, knickers, breeches, knee breeches, Brit, plus-fours, Inf. trousers, clamdiggers.
d. (all of manufacturing or cutting processes) remnants, remainders, debris, scraps, fragments, shavings, chips, parings; discards, discharge, refuse, waste, garbage.
19. Motion Pictures, short subject, documentary, travelogue, cartoon; preview, trailer.
20. deficiency, insufficiency, deficit. See - shortage.
21. Chiefly Brit, (all of whiskey) shot, jigger, gill, measure, single, Sl. a finger or two, Sl. nip, Sl. quick one.
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in short a. in summary, in conclusion, Inf. in a nutshell, all in all, in all, in the final analysis, b. in brief, in a word, in a few words, to put it briefly, to be brief, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to cut the matter short, to make a long story short.
shortage, n. deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, scarcity, sparsity, sparseness, straitness, scantiness, scantness, rareness; dearth, shortfall, lack, paucity, poorness, short, short supply, limitation, stint, meagerness, absence, emptiness, inanition, drought, famine, poverty, indigence, want, need; failure, inadequacy, (of liquors or grains) ullage.
shortcoming, n. failing, failure, deficiency, defect, frailty; weakness, liability, drawback, weak point, infirmity; flaw, imperfection, fault, foible,
shorten, v. 1. abbreviate, condense, compress,
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