adjective
shorted
Shorted (adjective) means wearing shorts. Example: “The shorted runners lined up at the starting line.”
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Wearing shorts.
"Girls sat in girls' laps; girls sat on the floor, as if at a party; standing girls lined all the walls; athletic girls sat on the hall's Tudor rafters, swinging their shorted legs."
— Randall Jarrell, Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy (2010)
"The shorted runners lined up at the starting line."
How to use shorted
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDressed in shorts — a fairly rare, descriptive usage.
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What does “shorted” mean?
The word “shorted” means wearing shorts. In plain terms, dressed in shorts — a fairly rare, descriptive usage.
How do you use “shorted” in a sentence?
Here is “shorted” used in a sentence: “The shorted runners lined up at the starting line.”
What part of speech is “shorted”?
“Shorted” is an adjective.
What is the meaning of shorted?
"shorted" (adjective) means wearing shorts.
