SHORT

Definition

1. verb cheat someone by not returning him enough money. — synonyms: short-change
2. verb create a short circuit in. — synonyms: short-circuit
3. noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.
4. noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference. — synonyms: short_circuit
5. noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. — synonyms: shortstop
6. adverb quickly and without warning. — synonyms: abruptly, suddenly, dead
7. adverb without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold.
8. adverb clean across.
9. adverb at some point or distance before a goal is reached.
10. adverb so as to interrupt.
11. adverb at a disadvantage. — synonyms: unawares
12. adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. — synonyms: curtly, shortly
13. adjective primarily temporal sense.
14. adjective (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length.
15. adjective low in stature. — synonyms: little
16. adjective of insufficient quantity to meet a need. — synonyms: inadequate, poor, jejune
17. adjective (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range. — synonyms: unretentive, forgetful
18. adjective not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices.
19. adjective of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration.
20. adjective less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. — synonyms: light, scant(p)
21. adjective lacking foresight or scope. — synonyms: shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic
22. adjective tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening.
23. adjective marked by rude or peremptory shortness. — synonyms: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)