short in English dictionary

short
Meanings and definitions of "short"
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
- Having little duration; opposite of long.
- (followed by for ) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman
- (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman
- brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust
- missing, deficient
- Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- abruptly
- unawares
- briefly
- curtly
- without achieving a goal or requirement
- (cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- A short circuit.
- (baseball) shortstop
- (finance) A short seller
- (finance) A short sale
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- (transitive) To shortchange.
- (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short .
- adjective
  
  Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- adjective
  
  (of a person)
  
  Of comparatively little height.
- adjective
  
  Having little duration; opposite of long.
- adjective
  
  (followed by for)
  
  Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- adjective
  
  (cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position)
  
  that is relatively close to the batsman.
- adjective
  
  (cricket, Of a ball)
  
  that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
- adjective
  
  (golf, of an approach shot or putt)
  
  that falls short of the green or the hole.
- adjective
  
  (of pastries and metals)
  
  Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. ( See [i]shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.[/i])
- adjective
  
  Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
- adjective
  
  Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- adjective
  
  Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
- adjective
  
  Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- adjective
  
  (obsolete)
  
  Not distant in time; near at hand.
- adjective
  
  In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- adverb
  
  Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- adverb
  
  Unawares.
- adverb
  
  Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- adverb
  
  (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball)
  
  Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- adverb
  
  (finance)
  
  With a negative ownership position.
- noun
  
  A short circuit.
- noun
  
  A short film.
- noun
  
  Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
- noun
  
  (baseball)
  
  A shortstop.
- noun
  
  (finance)
  
  A short seller.
- noun
  
  (finance)
  
  A short sale.
- noun
  
  A summary account.
- noun
  
  (phonetics)
  
  A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- noun
  
  (programming)
  
  An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- adposition
  
  Deficient in.
- adposition
  
  (finance)
  
  Having a negative position in.
- verb
  
  (transitive)
  
  To cause a short circuit in (something).
- verb
  
  (intransitive)
  
  Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- verb
  
  (transitive)
  
  To shortchange.
- verb
  
  (transitive)
  
  To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- verb
  
  (transitive, business)
  
  To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- verb
  
  (obsolete)
  
  To shorten.
- short (e.g. a circuit)
- short (physical length)
- short (of time)
- (of length) short
- short (of height)
- short (distance)
- short (build)
- Short in height
- To cause a short circuit.
- short (of a person)
- low (height, tone, rank, degree, cost, etc.)
- short (e.g. story, film)
- having a small distance between ends or edges
- constituting an abbreviation (for)
- of a person, of comparatively little height
- having little duration
- a short circuit
- baseball: shortstop
- transitive: to cause a short circuit
- intransitive: to short circuit
- to provide with smaller than agreed quantity
- business: to sell sthg one does not own at the moment
- hyphenation: short;
  
  An unintentional electrical connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuitry or installation
- Small in length by comparison.
- adjective
  
  lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
- adjective
  
  less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
- adjective
  
  low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
- adjective
  
  not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
- adjective
  
  of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
- adjective
  
  (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"
- adjective
  
  of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
- adjective
  
  (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
- 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"
- 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"
- adverb
  
  at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
- adverb
  
  at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"
- adverb
  
  clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"
- adverb
  
  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"
- adverb
  
  quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
- adverb
  
  so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"
- adverb
  
  without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
- noun
  
  accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- noun
  
  the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- noun
  
  the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- verb
  
  cheat someone by not returning him enough money
- verb
  
  create a short circuit in
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Synonyms of "short" in English dictionary

fleeting, squabby, nobble are the top synonyms of "short" in the English thesaurus.
fleeting · squabby · nobble · mindless · victimize · unretentive · short-term · shortened · tangency · swindle · poor · discourteous · brief · scam · gip · pint-sized · low · shortish · low-set · brusque · momentary · rook · small · squab · unmindful · deficient · con · squat · shortsighted · short-dated · piece of land · short-range · position · breakable · abruptly · pint-size · shortly · dumpy · diddle · short-stalked · parcel · scant · short-change · parcel of land · bunco · light · piece of ground · mulct · improvident · short-circuit · unforesightful · curtal · clipped · momentaneous · chunky · shortstop · sawed-off · insufficient · contact · tract · myopic · create · close · truncate · brusk · goldbrick · sawn-off · squatty · curtly · stubby · make · unawares · snub · fugitive · abbreviated · runty · half-length · stumpy · suddenly · short-snouted · truncated · short and sweet · forgetful · inadequate · hornswoggle · dead · short-run · short circuit · little · telescoped · gyp · curt · defraud

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

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

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

inadequate · poor · jejune
of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"

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

unawares
at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"

curtly · 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"

abruptly · suddenly · dead
quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"

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

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

short-change
cheat someone by not returning him enough money

short-circuit
create a short circuit in
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Antonyms of "short" in English dictionary

long, retentive, tall are the top antonyms of "short" in the English thesaurus.
long · retentive · tall
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Grammar and declension of short
st. wyższy stopień wyższy shorter; st. najwyższy stopień najwyższy shortest

short ( comparative shorter, superlative shortest)

short ( not comparable)

short ( plural shorts)

short ( third-person singular simple present shorts, present participle shorting, simple past and past participle shorted)

short (comparative shorter, superlative shortest)

short (not comparable)

short (plural shorts)

short (third-person singular simple present shorts, present participle shorting, simple past and past participle shorted)
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Short
Meanings and definitions of "short"
- proper
  
  A surname.
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