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short-billed |
short-billed marsh wren |
short-bodied |
short-breathed |
short-change |
short-circuit
| short-dated
| short-eared
| short-grass
| short-haired
| short-handed
short-circuit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb short-circuit has 3 senses
- short-circuit(v = verb.social) Array - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings" is one way to baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
- short-circuit(v = verb.creation) short - create a short circuit in; Array is one way to create, make
- short-circuit(v = verb.communication) bypass, get around, go around - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" is one way to avoid
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Something ----s something
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Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
short-circuit, v. t.
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. [1913 Webster]
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