"short down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shorts down [present, singular, third-person], shorting down [participle, present], shorted down [participle, past], shorted down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} short down (third-person singular simple present shorts down, present participle shorting down, simple past and past participle shorted down)
  1. (transitive, informal) To reduce the price of a stock by selling short. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-short_down-en-verb-d43HdqZZ
  2. (intransitive, informal, nonstandard, of a computer) To turn off due to a malfunction. Tags: informal, intransitive, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-short_down-en-verb--NKvBZIh
  3. Synonym of shorten up Synonyms: shorten up [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-short_down-en-verb-Hc900d4N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 2 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 33 6 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 3 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 3 62

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, informal) To reduce the price of a stock by selling short."
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        "To turn off due to a malfunction."
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        "(intransitive, informal, nonstandard, of a computer) To turn off due to a malfunction."
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