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SHORTER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the comparative form of Middle English schort ‘short’, hence a distinguishing nickname for the shorter of two closely associated people with the same personal name (for example, members of the same household).
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Shorter Smaller, Junior
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Smaller; Younger; Shorter; Junior
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Girl/Female
Australian, British, Danish, English, German
Merciful; Gracious; Female Version of John
Girl/Female
Hindu
Rainfall, Heavy rain
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Good Intelligence; Star
Boy/Male
Celebrity, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Youthful
Boy/Male
Indian
Morning star, Always victorious, Warrior, Prosperous
Boy/Male
Indian
Light of Moon
Girl/Female
Tamil
Childhood
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Ganesha
Boy/Male
Australian, Biblical, British, Christian, English, German
Island of the Palm-tree; Land of Palms
Boy/Male
Arabic
Compassionate; Affectionate
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n.
A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.
v. t.
To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.
adj.
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
a.
To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
n.
An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
n.
A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
n.
Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.
n.
A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level.
n.
The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
n.
The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
n.
A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.
n.
Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.
n.
The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.
a.
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
a.
Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.
n.
A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.
v. i.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.