Word Meanings - THRUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
- Shortcake
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. - Short-jointed
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. - SHORTDATED
Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys. - Short circuit
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. - Short-lived
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. - SHORTHANDED
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. - Short-circuited
of Short-circuit - SHORTJOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. - Henceforth
From this time forward; henceforward. - Short-circuiting
of Short-circuit - Shortness
The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness - SHORTLIVED
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. - Henceforward
From this time forward; henceforth. - Short-circuit
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. - Shortsighted
Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia. - SHORTSPOKEN
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. [Colloq.] - Resemblable
Admitting of being compared; like. - Shortclothes
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
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