short

Definitions

1. 1superlative

   Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

2. 2superlative

   Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

3. 3superlative

   Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

4. 4superlative

   Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.

5. 5superlative

   Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

6. 6superlative

   Not distant in time; near at hand.

7. 7superlative

   Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

8. 8superlative

   Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.

9. 9superlative

   Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

10. 10superlative

    Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

11. 11superlative

    Brittle.

12. 12superlative

    Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.

13. 13adverb

    Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.

14. 14noun

    A summary account.

15. 15noun

    The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

16. 16noun

    Short, inferior hemp.

17. 17noun

    Breeches; shortclothes.

18. 18noun

    A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

19. 19adverb

    In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

20. 20transitive verb

    To shorten.

21. 21intransitive verb

    To fail; to decrease.

22. 22noun

    the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

    Synonyms

    shortstop
23. 23noun

    the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

24. 24noun

    accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

25. 25verb

    create a short circuit in

26. 26verb

    cheat someone by not returning him enough money

27. 27adjective

    marked by rude or peremptory shortness

    "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"

    "a curt reply"

    Synonyms

    bruskbrusquecurt
28. 28adjective

    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"

29. 29adjective

    (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

    "short skirts"

    "short hair"

30. 30adjective

    primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

    "a short life"

    "a short flight"

31. 31adjective

    of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

    "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"

32. 32adjective

    not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

    "a short sale"

    "short in cotton"

33. 33adjective

    lacking foresight or scope

    "a short view of the problem"

    "shortsighted policies"

    Synonyms

    myopicshortsighted
34. 34adjective

    (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

    "a short memory"

    Synonyms

    forgetfulunretentive
35. 35adjective

    not sufficient to meet a need

    "an inadequate income"

    "a poor salary"

    Synonyms

    inadequatepoor
36. 36adjective

    less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

    "a light pound"

    "a scant cup of sugar"

    Synonyms

    lightscant
37. 37adjective

    low in stature; not tall

    "he was short and stocky"

    "short in stature"

    Synonyms

    little
38. 38adverb

    quickly and without warning

    "he stopped suddenly"

    Synonyms

    abruptlydeadsuddenly
39. 39adverb

    in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

    "he told me curtly to get on with it"

    "he talked short with everyone"

    Synonyms

    curtlyshortly
40. 40adverb

    at a disadvantage

    "I was caught short"

    Synonyms

    unawares
41. 41adverb

    so as to interrupt

    "She took him up short before he could continue"

42. 42adverb

    at some point or distance before a goal is reached

    "he fell short of our expectations"

43. 43adverb

    clean across

    "the car's axle snapped short"

44. 44adverb

    without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

    "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"