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short meaning and definition

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SHORT noun

Definition of short (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
  3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

SHORT verb

Definition of short (verb)

  1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
  2. create a short circuit in

SHORT adjective

Definition of short (adjective)

  1. 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"
    • antonym: long
  2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
    • "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
    • antonym: long
  3. low in stature; not tall
    • "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
    • synonyms: little
    • antonym: tall
  4. 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"
    • synonyms: inadequate, poor
  5. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  6. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
    • "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
    • antonym: long
  7. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
    • "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
    • antonym: long
  8. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
    • "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
    • synonyms: light, scant
  9. lacking foresight or scope
    • "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
    • synonyms: myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful
  10. 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"
  11. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
    • "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
    • synonyms: brusk, brusque, curt

SHORT adverb

Definition of short (adverb)

  1. quickly and without warning
  2. 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
  7. 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"
    • synonyms: curtly, shortly
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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