Telescoped
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
Short
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: abruptlyunawaresbrieflycurtlywithout achieving a goal or requirementof a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of fullWith a negative ownership position.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A short circuit.shortstopA short sellerA short sale
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause a short circuit in (something).Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.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.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.Of comparatively little height.Having little duration; opposite of long.Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).that bounced relatively far from the batsmanrelatively close to the batsmanbrittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrustmissing, deficientAny financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Example sentence: Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.