short
verb/ʃɔːt/
/ʃɔːrt/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they short | /ʃɔːt/ /ʃɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it shorts | /ʃɔːts/ /ʃɔːrts/ |
| past simple shorted | /ˈʃɔːtɪd/ /ˈʃɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle shorted | /ˈʃɔːtɪd/ /ˈʃɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form shorting | /ˈʃɔːtɪŋ/ /ˈʃɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- short (something) (out) to short-circuit (= to have a short circuit; to make something have a short circuit)Word OriginOld English sceort, of Germanic origin; related to shirt and skirt.
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