WordNet mapping browser : Welcome guest : log in
Home |  Graph |  ]  KB:  Language:   

Formal Language: 


SUMO Search Tool

This tool relates English terms to concepts from the SUMO ontology by means of mappings to WordNet synsets.


English Word: 
According to WordNet, the adverb "short" has 7 sense(s).

400453009 without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash".

400452624 at a disadvantage; "I was caught short".

400452810 at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations".

400452931 clean across; "the car's axle snapped short".

400297319 in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it".

400061528 quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly".

400452708 so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue".


Explore the word short on the WordNet web site.

Show Open Multilingual Wordnet links

Verb Frames

Show OWL translation



Sigma web home      Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) web home
Sigma version 3.0 is open source software produced by Articulate Software and its partners