Definition of Short

Adjective: short (shorter,shortest)  short

1. Primarily temporal sense; indicating, 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"
    
2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
   "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
    
3. Low in stature; not tall
   "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack";
   - little
    
4. Not sufficient to meet a need
   "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience";
   - inadequate, poor
    
5. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
   "a short memory";
   - unretentive, forgetful
    
6. (finance) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
   "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
    
7. (phonetics) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
   "the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt' are short"
    
8. Less than the correct, legal or full amount, often deliberately
   "regularly gives short weight";
   - light, scant
    
9. Lacking foresight or scope
   "a short view of the problem"; "a short-sighted view of the problem";
   - shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic, short-sighted
    
10. Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
    "a short flaky pie crust"; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
     
11. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
    "the salesgirl was very short with him";
    - brusque, brusk [non-standard], curt, snippy

Noun: short  short

1. The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
    
2. Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
   - short circuit
    
3. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
   - shortstop

Adverb: short  short

1. Quickly and without warning
   "he stopped short";
   - abruptly, suddenly, dead
    
2. (finance) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
   "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
    
3. Clean across
   "the car's axle snapped short"
    
4. At some point or distance before a goal is reached
   "he fell short of our expectations"
    
5. So as to interrupt
   "She took him up short before he could continue"
    
6. At a disadvantage
   "I was caught short";
   - unawares
    
7. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
   "he talked short with everyone";
   - curtly, shortly

Verb: short  short

1. Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
   - short-change
    
2. Create a short circuit in
   - short-circuit

See also:
shorn
shortage

Anagrams containing the word short

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