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— shop·lift·er noun

shop·talk noun : talk about one's business or special interests

shop·worn adjective : soiled or frayed from much handling in a store

1shore noun : land along the edge of a body of water

— shore·less adjective

2shore verb shored; shor·ing : to give support to : BRACE — usu. used with up

Synonyms

usually shore up bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop, stay, support, uphold—more at SUPPORT

3shore noun : a prop for preventing sinking or sagging

Synonyms

brace, bulwark, buttress, mount, stay, support, underpinning—more at SUPPORT

shore·bird noun : any of a suborder of birds (as the plovers and sandpipers) mostly found along the seashore

shore patrol noun : a branch of a navy that exercises guard and police functions

shor·ing noun : a group of things that shore something up

shorn past participle of SHEAR

1short adjective 1 : not long or tall

2 : not great in distance

3 : brief in time

4 : not coming up to standard or to an expected amount

5 : CURT, ABRUPT

6 : insufficiently supplied

7 : made with shortening : FLAKY

8 : consisting of or relating to a sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale <~ sale>

Synonyms

[3] brief, little, short-lived; also abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, shortened; compact, condensed; abrupt, sudden; ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient, transitory; impermanent; compendious, concise, crisp, epigrammatic, laconic, pithy, succinct, summary, terse; short-term

Antonyms

extended, great, lengthy, long, marathon

[4, 6] deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, shy, wanting; also hand-to-mouth, light, meager, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy; bare, mere, minimum; slight, small

Antonyms

adequate, enough, sufficient

2short adverb 1 : in an abrupt manner : ABRUPTLY

2 : at some point before a goal aimed at

3short noun 1 : something shorter than normal or standard

2 plural : drawers or pants of less than knee length

3 : SHORT CIRCUIT

4short verb : SHORT-CIRCUIT

short·age noun : the fact or state of being wanting or deficient : LACK

Synonyms

dearth, deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, want—more at DEFICIENCY

short·cake noun : a dessert consisting of short biscuit spread with sweetened fruit

short·change verb : to cheat esp. by giving less than the correct amount of change

Synonyms

bleed, cheat, chisel, cozen, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle, victimize—more at FLEECE

short circuit noun : a connection made between points in an electric circuit where current is not intended to flow

— short–circuit verb

short·com·ing noun : an imperfection or lack that detracts from the whole : FAILING

Synonyms

demerit, failing, fault, foible, frailty, vice, weakness—more at FAULT

short·cut noun 1 : a route more direct than that usu. taken

2 : a quicker way of doing something

short·en verb : to make or become short

Synonyms

abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut back; also digest, summarize; abate, compress, constrict, contract, cut, cut down, pare, prune, trim; decrease, de-escalate, deflate, diminish, dock, dwindle, lessen, lower, moderate, modify, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, taper

Antonyms

elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract

short·en·ing noun : a substance (as lard or butter) that makes pastry tender and flaky

short·hand noun : a method of writing rapidly by using symbols and abbreviations for letters, words, or phrases : STENOGRAPHY

short·hand·ed adjective : short of the needed number of people

short·horn noun, often cap : any of a breed of red, roan, or white cattle of English origin

short hundredweight noun : a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds in the U.S.

short–lived adjective : of short life or duration

Synonyms

brief, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugitive,