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short

(/S//O/rt )

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration(adj.all)

Example:
A short life.
A short flight.
A short holiday.
A short story.
Only a few short months.

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(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length(adj.all)

Example:
Short skirts.
Short hair.
The board was a foot short.
A short toss.

Antonym:
long

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low in stature; not tall(adj.all)

Example:
He was short and stocky.
Short in stature.
A short smokestack.

Synonym:
little
Antonym:
tall

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(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range(adj.all)

Example:
A short memory.

Synonym:
forgetful, unretentive
Antonym:
long, recollective, retentive, tenacious

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not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices(adj.all)

Example:
A short sale.
Short in cotton.

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of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration(adj.all)

Example:
The English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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

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

Synonym:
short circuit

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

Synonym:
shortstop

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A summary account.(noun)

source: webster1913

quickly and without warning(adv.all)

Synonym:
abruptly, dead, suddenly

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without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold(adv.all)

Example:
He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash.

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clean across(adv.all)

Example:
The car's axle snapped short.

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at some point or distance before a goal is reached(adv.all)

Example:
He fell short of our expectations.

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so as to interrupt(adv.all)

Example:
She took him up short before he could continue.

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at a disadvantage(adv.all)

Example:
I was caught short.

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in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner(adv.all)

Example:
He talked short with everyone.
He said shortly that he didn't like it.

Synonym:
curtly, shortly

source: wordnet30
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.(adverb)

source: webster1913