perfect vs short

perfect

adj
  • Excellent and delightful in all respects. 

  • Fitting its definition precisely. 

  • Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose. 

  • Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors. 

  • Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels). 

  • Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'. 

  • Sexually mature and fully differentiated. 

  • Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth. 

  • Representing a completed action. 

  • Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones. 

  • Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented. 

noun
  • A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes. 

  • A leader of the Cathar movement. 

  • The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. 

verb
  • To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right. 

  • To make perfect; to improve or hone. 

short

adj
  • Undiluted; neat. 

  • Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant. 

  • bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman. 

  • Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered. 

  • Having little duration. 

  • that falls short of the green or the hole. 

  • Of comparatively small height. 

  • Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty. 

  • Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another). 

  • Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.) 

  • Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard. 

  • that is relatively close to the batsman. 

  • Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. 

  • Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking. 

  • Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future. 

  • Doubtful of, skeptical of. 

verb
  • To shortchange. 

  • To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. 

  • To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short. 

  • To short circuit. 

  • To cause a short circuit in (something). 

noun
  • A short version of a garment in a particular size. 

  • A short sound, syllable, or vowel. 

  • A short film. 

  • A shortstop. 

  • A short seller. 

  • An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles. 

  • A short circuit. 

  • A short sale or short position. 

  • An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long. 

  • A summary account. 

prep
  • Having a negative position in. 

  • Deficient in. 

adv
  • Unawares. 

  • Abruptly, curtly, briefly. 

  • Without achieving a goal or requirement. 

  • With a negative ownership position. 

  • Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full. 

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