short-circuit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: short-circuit	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for short-circuit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-circuit v hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings" create a short circuit in Synonym(s): short-circuit, short avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" Synonym(s): bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.