shortcake
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~ very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
shortcoming
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~ a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
shortcut
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~ a route shorter than the usual one
shorten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
shorten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
shorten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
shorten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
shorten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
shortened
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
shortened
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
shortened
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
shortened
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
shortener
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any agent that shortens; "alcohol is a great shortener of life"
shortening
— Navneord
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~ act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
shortening
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
shortfall
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~ the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
shortfin mako
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~ very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish
shortgrass
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~ any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
shorthand
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– Engelsk
~ a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system