Definitions for short

Overview of noun short

The noun short has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) short

(the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)

2. short circuit, short

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

3. shortstop, short

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

Overview of verb short

The verb short has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. short-change, short

(cheat someone by not returning him enough money)

2. short-circuit, short

(create a short circuit in)

Overview of adj short

The adj short has 11 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (43) short

(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")

2. (21) short

((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss")

3. (7) short, little

(low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man")

4. (3) inadequate, poor, short

(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")

5. unretentive, forgetful, short

((of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory")

6. short

(not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton")

7. short

(of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short")

8. light, scant, short

(less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight")

9. short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic

(lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking")

10. short

(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. brusque, brusk, curt, short

(marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him")

Overview of adv short

The adv short has 7 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) abruptly, suddenly, short, dead

(quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly")

2. short

(without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash")

3. short

(clean across; "the car's axle snapped short")

4. short

(at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations")

5. short

(so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue")

6. short, unawares

(at a disadvantage; "I was caught short")

7. curtly, short, shortly

(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")