What is short?

More definitions of "short":

• (adj): Low in stature; not tall.
  Example: "His was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

• (noun): Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.
  Synonyms: short circuit

• (verb): Create a short-circuit in.
  Synonyms: short-circuit

• (adj): Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration.

• (adj): Unwilling to endure.
  Example: "She was short with the slower students"
  Synonyms: unforbearing

• (adv): So as to interrupt.
  Example: "She took him up short before he could continue"

• (adv): Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold.
  Example: "He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

• (adj): (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range.
  Example: "A short memory"

• (adv): Quickly and without warning.
  Synonyms: abruptly, suddenly, dead

• (adj): Containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes.
  Example: "Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

• (adv): In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner.
  Example: "He talked short with everyone"
  Synonyms: curtly, shortly

• (adj): Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices.
  Example: "A short sale"; "short in cotton"

• (adj): Not sufficient to meet a need.
  Example: "Money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
  Synonyms: inadequate, poor

• (adj): Most direct.
  Synonyms: shortest

• (adj): Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
  Example: "The salesgirl was very short with him"
  Synonyms: brusque, brusk, curt

• (adj): Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt').

• (noun): The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.

• (adv): At a disadvantage.
  Example: "I was caught short"
  Synonyms: unawares

• (verb): Cheat someone by not returning him enough money.
  Synonyms: short-change

• (adj): Quickly aroused to anger.
  Synonyms: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered

• (adv): Tightly.
  Example: "She caught him up short on his lapel"

• (adv): At some point or distance before a goal is reached.
  Example: "He fell short of our expectations"

• (adj): Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
  Example: "Regularly gives short weight"
  Synonyms: light, scant

• (noun): The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base.
  Synonyms: shortstop

• (adj): Primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length.
  Example: "Short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

• (adj): Lacking foresight or scope.
  Example: "A short view of the problem"
  Synonyms: shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic

• (adj): Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration.
  Example: "A short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

Famous quotes containing the word short:

“The child-rearing years are relatively short in our increased life span. It is hard for young women caught between diapers and formulas to believe, but there are years and years of freedom ahead. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. I wish I’d relaxed, allowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girl’s eyes.”
—Eda Le Shan (20th century)

“The glorious dream of full father involvement in infant care will not become a widespread reality overnight. But it can happen, and it eventually will happen,... A lot of progress may take place in a short period of time if we just lighten up, step back, and give the guys a decent chance.”
—Michael K. Meyerhoff (20th century)

“A cheap price is a short cut to being cheated.”
—Chinese proverb.