Short
noun
- 1.
- (Something short, a short sound or syllable, a short trousers reaching part way to the knee, a man's underpants) electrical short ការឆ្លងភ្លើង (អគ្គីសនី)
adjective — comparative: shorter ; superative shortest
- 1.
- ដែលខ្វះ
Example: short five dollars - 2.
- ដែលទាប
Example: short man - 3.
- ដែលខ្លី, ដែលឆាប់ចប់
Example: short session - 4.
- ដែលខ្លី, ដែលមិនវែង
Example: short stick - 5.
- (Measuring little from end to end in space or time, not lessening, not going far into the past or future, concise, brief, abrupt, (of an alcoholic drink) small, low in height not tall, not retentive curt) យ៉ាងខ្លី, ដែលបំព្រួញ, ដែលឆាប់, ដែលកំបុត (សំដី), ដែលមិនគ្រប់គ្រាន់, ធ្វើការមិនដិតដល់, ដែលខ្វះសមត្ថភាព, ឆាប់បាក
adjective / adverb
- 1.
- ខ្លី, ជិត, គ្មាន, ខ្វះខាត, កាត់, មិនដល់
verb
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To short circuit) ប៉ះគ្នា (អគ្គីសនី)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A summary account.
- 2.
- The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
- 3.
- Short, inferior hemp.
- 4.
- A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
adjective — comparative: shorter ; superative shortest
- 1.
- Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
- 2.
- Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
- 3.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
- 4.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
- 5.
- Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
- 6.
- Not distant in time; near at hand.
- 7.
- Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
- 8.
- Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
- 9.
- Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
- 10.
- Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
- 11.
- Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock.
adverb
- 1.
- Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc.
- 2.
- In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
- 1.
- To fail, to decrease
- 2.
- To shorten
- 3.
- Breeches, shortclothes
- 4.
- Brittle