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2 ADJ If a person or thing is shorn of something that was an important part of them, it has been removed from them. [LITERARY ] □ [+ of ] She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.

3Shorn is the past participle of shear .

short

➊ ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES

➋ NOUN USES

➊ short ◆◆◆ /ʃɔː ^r t/ (shorter , shortest )

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1 ADJ If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. □  The announcement was made a short time ago. □  How could you do it in such a short period of time? □  Kemp gave a short laugh. □  We had a short meeting.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you talk about a short hour, day, or year, you mean that it seems to have passed very quickly or will seem to pass very quickly. □  For a few short weeks there was peace.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it. □  …short extracts from the Bible.

4 ADJ Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are. □  I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat. □  …a short, elderly woman with grey hair.

5 ADJ Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other. □  The city centre and shops are only a short distance away. □  His black hair was very short.

6 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are short of something or if it is short , you do not have enough of it. If you are running short of something or if it is running short , you do not have much of it left. □ [+ of ] Her father's illness left the family short of money. □  Supplies of everything are unreliable; food is short.

7 ADJ If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it. □ [+ of ] He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.

8 PHRASE Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing. □  Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road.

9 ADV [ADV after v] If something is cut short or stops short , it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished. □  His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack.

10 ADJ If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name. □ [+ for ] Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears. □ [+ for ] 'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'.

11 ADJ If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily. □  …an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.

12 → see also short-tempered

13 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry. □ [+ with ] She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.

14 PHRASE If a person or thing is called something for short , that is the short version of their name. □  Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short).

15 PHRASE If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need. □ [+ of ] Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.

16 PHRASE You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary. □  Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging.