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short
/ʃɔrt/
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  1. adjective
    of insufficient quantity to meet a need
    "money is short" "on short rations" "food is in short supply" "short on experience"

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    inadequate jejune poor insufficient deficient
  2. verb
    cheat someone by not returning him enough money

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    short-change
  3. adverb
    at a disadvantage
    "I was caught short"

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

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    shortstop
    type of:
    position
  5. adjective
    marked by rude or peremptory shortness
    "the salesgirl was very short with him"

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    brusk brusque curt discourteous
  6. adjective
    low in stature; not tall
    "he was short and stocky" "short in stature" "a short smokestack"

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    little chunky thickset thick stumpy stocky squatty squat squabby squab short-stalked sawn-off sawed-off runty pint-sized pint-size low-set heavyset half-length compact dumpy
    Opposite:
    tall
  7. noun
    accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

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    short circuit
  8. verb
    create a short circuit in

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    short-circuit
    type of:
    create make
  9. adverb
    quickly and without warning

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    abruptly dead suddenly
  10. adjective
    less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
    "regularly gives short weight"

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    light scant insufficient deficient
  11. adjective
    (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
    "a short memory"

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    forgetful unretentive
  12. adjective
    lacking foresight or scope
    "a short view of the problem" "shortsighted policies" "shortsighted critics derided the plan"

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    myopic shortsighted unforesightful improvident
  13. adverb
    in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
    "he talked short with everyone" "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

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    curtly shortly
  14. adjective
    not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
    "a short sale" "short in cotton"
    Opposite:
    long
  15. adjective
    of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
    "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
    Opposite:
    long
  16. adjective
    (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
    "short skirts" "short hair" "the board was a foot short" "a short toss"

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    abbreviated short-snouted truncate truncated shortened close shortish snub telescoped stubby curtal short-range sawn-off brief sawed-off
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    long
  17. 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"

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    momentaneous fugitive clipped brief abbreviated momentary short-dated short-range short-run short-term short and sweet shortened truncated fleeting
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    long
  18. adjective
    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"

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    breakable
  19. noun
    the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  20. adverb
    without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
    "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
Examples of short
  • "money is short"
  • "on short rations"
  • "food is in short supply"
  • "short on experience"
  • "I was caught short"
  • "the salesgirl was very short with him"
  • "he was short and stocky"
  • "short in stature"
  • "a short smokestack"
  • "regularly gives short weight"
  • "a short memory"
  • "a short view of the problem"
  • "shortsighted policies"
  • "shortsighted critics derided the plan"
  • "he talked short with everyone"
  • "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
  • "a short sale"
  • "short in cotton"
  • "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
  • "short skirts"
  • "short hair"
  • "the board was a foot short"
  • "a short toss"
  • "a short life"
  • "a short flight"
  • "a short holiday"
  • "a short story"
  • "only a few short months"
  • "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
  • "a short flaky pie crust"
  • "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
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