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abridge, narrow, shrink, Obs. breviate; abstract, synopsize, summarize, digest, brief, epitomize.
2. reduce, lessen, decrease, contract, dock, curtail, limit, restrict; cut, cut down, cut short, retrench, crop, clip, shear, trim, prune, lop, pare down, (of trees or shrubbery) pollard; (all of clothing) hem, take up, take in, alter. shorthand, n. 1. stenography, phonography, (in ancient Greece and Rome) tachygraphy, Obs. brachy-graphy; cryptography; pasigraphy.
2. Figurative, code, cipher, symbols, Obs. polygraphy.
short-lived, adj. momentary, temporary, of brief duration, impermanent, mortal, unenduring, brief, fleeting, passing, fading, transitory, transient, fugacious, caducous, deciduous, Both Med. monohemer-ous, monemerous; evanescent, ephemeral, mercurial, volatile, perishable, precarious; quick, fast, swift, sudden, brisk, fleet, meteoric; cursory, hurried, hasty,
shortly, adv. 1. soon, presently, anon, directly, before long, Inf. before you know it, by and by, in a short while, in a little while.
2. briefly, concisely, succinctly, directly, pointedly.
3. abruptly, curtly, sharply, tersely; testily, tartly, rudely, brusquely, gruffly.
short-sighted, adj. 1. myopic, purblind, near-sighted; weak-eyed, dim-eyed, mope-eyed, lazy-eyed; weak-sighted, dim-sighted, partially-sighted, half-blind.
2. unthinking, thoughtless, unmindful, heedless, regardless; reckless, rash, brash, headlong, pell-mell, precipitate, incautious, unwary, improvident; inattentive, unobservant, unwatchful, careless, negligent, neglectful, uncircumspect, imprudent, Inf. unable to see beyond the end of one's nose; impolitic, injudicious, ill-advised, ill-considered,
short-tempered, adj. curt, sharp, abrupt, short-spoken, rudely brief; cutting, biting, sarcastic, acute, keen; caustic, acrimonious, virulent, mordant, trenchant, sullen, tart, petulant, sour, splenetic, choleric, acetose; testy, edgy, touchy, grouchy, irascible, short-fused, crabbed, crabby, peevish, snapping, snarling, growling, bearish, currish, waspish; brusque, brash, gruff, peppery, surly, crusty, thorny; unmannerly, discourteous, rude, impolite, ungraceful; stern, austere,
short-winded, adj. 1. breathless, out of breath, short of breath, pursy, winded; panting, huffing, puffing, gasping, heaving; wheezing, (usu of horses) broken-winded, Pathol, dyspneal.
2. concise, succinct, brief, to the point, short and sweet; direct, pointed, emphatic, straightforward; pithy, sententious, epigrammatic, crisp, precise, exact, gnomic; laconic, terse, elliptical, breviloquent, Rare. pauciloquent.
shorty, shortie, n. Informal. 1. midget, dwarf, homunculus, Chiefly Scot. wee fellow or lad, little man; pygmy, manikin, Tom Thumb, Lilliputian, dapperling, fingerling, chit, cock-sparrow, hop-o'-my-thumb, Obs. pigwidgin or pigwidgeon, Archaic, dandiprat; shrimp, runt, Inf peewee, Inf. squirt, Inf. pip-squeak, Inf. halt pint, small fry.
2. bed jacket, hospital smock, apron; miniskirt, hot pants; nightgown, negligee, peignoir, Inf nightie, Inf. baby dolls; jacket, Brit, jerkin, bomber jacket, waistcoat.
-adj. 3. (all of clothing) abbreviated, short, slight, scanty, meager, Inf barely there,
shot', n. 1. crack, report, discharge; blast, explosion, detonation; bang, boom, burst, eruption, crash.
2. ball, Minid ball, pellet, bullet, slug; missile, projectile, ammunition, Inf. ammo; cannonball; Archaic. grapeshot, Archaic, grape.
3. marksman, sharpshooter, rifleman, bersagliere;
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