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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. hamper the progress of; impede;
- Example: "short-circuit warm feelings"

2. create a short circuit in;
[syn: short-circuit, short]

3. avoid something unpleasant or laborious;
- Example: "You cannot bypass these rules!"
[syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting.]
   (Elec.)
   To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two
   points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

short-circuit
    v 1: hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm
         feelings"
    2: create a short circuit in [syn: short-circuit, short]
    3: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
       these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around,
       get around]