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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

short down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To reduce the price of a stock by selling short.
  2. (informal, intransitive, nonstandard, of a computer) To turn off due to a malfunction.
  3. Synonym of shorten up.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shorted down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shorted down Tense=Past lexicographic
shorting down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shorts down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

shorten up