| FORESHORTEN | • foreshorten v. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually. • foreshorten v. To abridge, reduce, contract. • foreshorten v. To make shorter. |
| HANGASHORES | • hangashores n. Plural of hangashore. |
| HOMESHORING | • homeshoring n. A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment. • HOMESHORING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESOURCING. |
| LONGSHORING | • longshoring n. The work of a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships. • LONGSHORING n. working longshore. |
| NEARSHORING | • nearshoring v. Present participle of nearshore. • NEARSHORE v. (in business) to source service activities to a neighbouring country, esp. for economic reasons. |
| OFFSHORINGS | • offshorings n. Plural of offshoring. • OFFSHORING n. the practice of substituting foreign labour for domestic. |
| SHOREFRONTS | • shorefronts n. Plural of shorefront. • SHOREFRONT n. the part of a shore nearest the sea. |
| SHORTBOARDS | • shortboards n. Plural of shortboard. • SHORTBOARD n. a surfboard between six and eight feet in length. |
| SHORTBREADS | • shortbreads n. Plural of shortbread. • SHORTBREAD n. a brittle crumbling biscuit of flour, butter and sugar, also SHORTCAKE. |
| SHORTCHANGE | • shortchange v. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. • shortchange v. (By extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid. • shortchange v. To make disadvantaged by design. |
| SHORTCOMING | • shortcoming n. A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal. • SHORTCOMING n. an imperfection or lack that detracts from the whole. |
| SHORTENINGS | • shortenings n. Plural of shortening. • SHORTENING n. fat for making pastry short. |
| SHORTHAIRED | • shorthaired adj. Having short hair. • SHORTHAIRED adj. having short hair. |
| SHORTHANDED | • shorthanded adj. Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations. • shorthanded adj. Having less than a quorum. • shorthanded adj. (Team sports) Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players… |
| SHORTLISTED | • shortlisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shortlist. • shortlisted adj. Placed on a short list. • short-listed v. Simple past tense and past participle of short-list. |
| SHORTNESSES | • shortnesses n. Plural of shortness. • SHORTNESS n. the state of being short. |
| SHORTSHEETS | • shortsheets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shortsheet. • short-sheets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short-sheet. • short␣sheets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short sheet. |
| SHORTSWORDS | • shortswords n. Plural of shortsword. • short␣swords n. Plural of short sword. • SHORTSWORD n. a sword with a short blade. |
| SHORTWAVING | • SHORTWAVE v. to broadcast on shortwave. |
| UNDERSHORTS | • undershorts n. (Dated) Underpants, type of underwear worn in skin contact with the hip portion of the body, small enough… • UNDERSHORTS n. underpants for men or boys. |