shore | (noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shoring |
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(noun) the land along the edge of a body of water | - |
shorebird | (noun) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries | Synonyms: limicoline bird, shore bird |
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shoreline | (noun) a boundary line between land and water | - |
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shoring | (noun) the act of propping up with shores | Synonyms: propping up, shoring up |
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(noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shore |
short | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | Synonyms: shortstop |
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(noun) the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed | - |
(noun) accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference | Synonyms: short circuit |
shortage | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortfall |
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(noun) an acute insufficiency | Synonyms: dearth, famine |
shortbread | (noun) very rich thick butter cookie | Synonyms: shortbread cookie |
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shortcake | (noun) very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream | - |
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shortcoming | (noun) a failing or deficiency | Synonyms: defect |
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shortcut | (noun) a route shorter than the usual one | Synonyms: crosscut, cutoff |
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shortener | (noun) any agent that shortens | - |
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shortening | (noun) act of decreasing in length | - |
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(noun) fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods | - |
shortfall | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortage |
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shortgrass | (noun) any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains | Synonyms: short-grass |
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shorthand | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy |
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shorthorn | (noun) English breed of short-horned cattle | Synonyms: Durham |
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shortia | (noun) any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers | - |
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shortlist | (noun) a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen | Synonyms: short list |
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shortness | (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness |
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(noun) the property of being shorter than average stature | - |
(noun) the property of being of short temporal extent | - |
(noun) the property of being of short spatial extent | - |
(noun) the property of being truncated or short | Synonyms: truncation |
(noun) the condition of being short of something | - |
shorts | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee | Synonyms: short pants, trunks |
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(noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, underdrawers |
shortsightedness | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: improvidence |
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(noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, nearsightedness |
shortstop | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | Synonyms: short |
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(noun) (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position | - |