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Short

adjective

(compar. shorter; superl. shortest)

1.

Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration. "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 hair" , "The board was a foot short" , "A short toss"

3.

Low in stature; not tall. Synonym: little. "Short in stature" , "A short smokestack" , "A little man"

4.

Not sufficient to meet a need. Synonyms: inadequate, poor. "A poor salary" , "Money is short" , "On short rations" , "Food is in short supply" , "Short on experience"

5.

(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range. Synonyms: forgetful, unretentive.

6.

Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices. "Short in cotton"

7.

Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration.

8.

Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. Synonyms: light, scant. "A scant cup of sugar" , "Regularly gives short weight"

9.

Lacking foresight or scope. Synonyms: myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful. "Shortsighted policies" , "Shortsighted critics derided the plan" , "Myopic thinking"

10.

Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening. "A short flaky pie crust"

11.

Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. Synonyms: brusk, brusque, curt. "A curt reply" , "The salesgirl was very short with him"

adverb

1.

Quickly and without warning. Synonyms: abruptly, dead, suddenly.

2.

Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold.

3.

Clean across.

4.

At some point or distance before a goal is reached.

5.

So as to interrupt.

6.

At a disadvantage. Synonym: unawares.

7.

In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. Synonyms: curtly, shortly. "He talked short with everyone" , "He said shortly that he didn't like it"

noun

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. Synonym: short circuit.

3.

The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. Synonym: shortstop.

verb

1.

Cheat someone by not returning him enough money. Synonym: short-change.

2.

Create a short circuit in. Synonym: short-circuit.

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