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cheat someone by not returning him enough money

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

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

tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel"

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

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

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

create a short-circuit in

unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students"

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

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"

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

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

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

used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration

containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

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

cheat someone by not returning him enough money

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

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

tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel"

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

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

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

create a short-circuit in

unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students"

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

Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

Not distant in time; near at hand.

Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.

A summary account.

The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

Short, inferior hemp.

Breeches; shortclothes.

A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

To shorten.

To fail; to decrease.

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; - usually with of; as, to be short of money.

Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); - with of.

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

Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

Not distant in time; near at hand.

Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.

A summary account.

The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

Short, inferior hemp.

Breeches; shortclothes.

A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

To shorten.

To fail; to decrease.

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; - usually with of; as, to be short of money.

Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); - with of.

Not long, either in space, distance, or time; not tall; brief; scant; not having enough; as, short of cash; not coming up to a measure, standard, requirement, etc.; as, the rule is too short; abrupt, uncivil, or cross; as, she received a short answer; not retentive; as, a short memory; in financial usage, not possessing at the time of selling; as, to be short of copper; crisp or crumbly; as, short piecrust; brief in utterance, as a vowel or a syllable.

Something that is short; one who sells stocks which he does not at that time possess.

Abruptly, curtly; of selling, not in possession of the goods sold; as, to sell stocks short.

Shorter.

Shortest.

(comp. SHORTER, superl. SHORTEST), Not long in time or space: near at hand: scanty: insufficient: narrow: abrupt: brittle.

Not long.

Not long; scanty; abrupt; brittle.

Of slight length, height, or duration; not long or tall; brief; scant; curt; crisp.

The substance or pith of a matter.

Anything that is short, as a short syllable; a deficiency.

In a short manner; petulantly.

A word used, by anatomists, in opposition to long; and to distinguish parts from each other that have otherwise the same name.

n. A summary account;—pi. The part Of ground grain sifted out, which is next finer than the bran;—in rope-making, the shorter fibres of hemp, or the toppings and tailings of long hemp dressed for bolt ropes and whale lines.

adv. In a short manner, as briefly, abruptly, suddenly, and the like.