# shorts

Pronunciation: US say "SHAWRTS" /ʃɔɹts/; UK say "SHAWTS" /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/

## Noun

1. Short pants worn for sports or in warm weather, reaching no lower than the knees.
   - Simple: Short pants that end at or above the knees, worn for sports or in hot weather.
   - _The hikers changed into shorts once the morning chill burned off._
   - _Cargo shorts have deep pockets running along each leg._
3. Remnants, clippings, or trimmings left over from production processes.
   - Simple: Leftover bits, clippings, or trimmings made during manufacturing.
   - _The mill bagged the day's shorts for resale to a paper plant._
   - _Workers swept the leftover shorts into bins at the end of each shift._
4. The portion sifted out of milled grain that is next finer than bran, also called pollard.
   - Simple: Bits of milled grain that are sifted out, a little finer than bran.
   - _The mill sold its shorts to local dairy farmers as cheap feed._
   - _Wheat shorts contain more fiber than white flour does._
5. Hemp fiber of short length and inferior quality.
   - Simple: Short, low-quality fibers left over from processing hemp.
   - _Workers separated the long fibers from the shorts before spinning._
   - _The shorts were sold to make coarse matting and packing material._
6. Plural of short. — plural of short
   - Simple: Plural of short. Use this form when you mean more than one short.
   - _Investors covered their shorts as the stock began to climb._
   - _The electrician found two shorts in the damaged cable._

## Verb

7. Third-person singular simple present of short. — third-person singular simple present indicative of short
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of short. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The damaged cable shorts the moment it gets wet._
   - _He routinely shorts tech stocks before earnings season._

## Noun

2. Underwear worn on the lower body, covering the hips and groin beneath one's pants. *(dated)*
   - Simple: Underwear worn on the lower body, under your pants.
   - _He kept a week's worth of undershirts and shorts in the top drawer._
   - _After his bath he reached for fresh shorts before dressing._

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