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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

short-circuit en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of short circuit.
    • In my hand was a sharp knife—contemptible, you were satisfied, as a weapon; beneath my nose the 'flex' of the electric lamp. It was only necessary for me to draw the one across the other and the system was short-circuited. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
short-circuited Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
short-circuited Tense=Past lexicographic
short-circuiting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
short-circuits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic