short
/ʃˈɔrt/
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Definitions
Adjective
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
Adjective
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
Adjective
low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
Adjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"
Adjective
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
Adjective
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat'', `pet'', `pit'', `pot'', putt'' are short"
Adjective Satellite
not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
Adjective Satellite
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
Adjective Satellite
lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
Adjective Satellite
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
Adjective Satellite
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
Adverb
quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
Adverb
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
Adverb
clean across; "the car''s axle snapped short"
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at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"
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so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"
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at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
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in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn''t like it"
Noun
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Noun
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Noun
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Verb
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
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create a short circuit in