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brief, short, short
brief (BREEF) (noun)
A concise statement or letter: The lawyer prepared a brief in preparation for the trial.
short (SHORT) (adjective)
1. Being of limited duration, abrupt, passing quickly: There was a short pause in the speech before the senator continued.
2. Containing or cooked with a grease based ingredient: The pie crust was very short, flaky and delicious.
2. Containing or cooked with a grease based ingredient: The pie crust was very short, flaky and delicious.
short (SHORT) (adverb)
Insufficient: The supplies in the store room were short several boxes.
The lawyer prepared a brief that was submitted to the courts; however, the judge said it was too short and so he requested the lawyer to prepare a more comprehensive brief.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
(page 8)
Units related to:
“short”
(Greek: short, shortness, small [also expressed as "slow"])
(Latin: short; shorten, make shorter, shortened)
(Greek: narrow, contracted; short)
(Latin: a kind of short sword or scimiter)
(a short history about the profession of barbers)
(Greek: hinder, inhibiting, to cut short, stop)
(it was originally thought that this disease was caused by foul air or "bad air")
(lists of careers in science with short descriptions)
(Latin: bristle [short stiff hair on an animal or plant, or a mass of short stiff hairs growing; especially, on a hog's back or a man's face])
(Latin: to maim, to cut off; mutilated; cut short)
Word Entries containing the term:
“short”
Wear short sleeves and then you can support your right to bare arms.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
(page 6)