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1.AdjectiveHaving a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2.AdjectiveOf a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
3.AdjectiveHaving little duration."Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long."
4.AdjectiveOf a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).""Phone" is short for "telephone" and "asap" short for "as soon as possible"."
5.AdjectiveOf a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
6.AdjectiveOf a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
7.AdjectiveOf an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
8.AdjectiveOf betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
9.AdjectiveOf pastries or of materials, brittle, crumbly."shortbread; hot short"
10.AdjectiveAbrupt, brief, pointed, curt."He gave a short answer to the question."
11.AdjectiveLimited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty."a short supply of provisions"
12.AdjectiveInsufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking."to be short of money; I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present.; The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift."
13.AdjectiveDeficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard."an account which is short of the truth"
14.AdjectiveUndiluted; neat.
15.AdjectiveNot distant in time; near at hand.
16.AdjectiveBeing in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future."short position; I'm short in General Motors because I think their sales are plunging."
17.AdjectiveDoubtful of, skeptical of.
18.AdjectiveOf money, given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
19.AdverbAbruptly, curtly, briefly."They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.; He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.; The boss got a message and cut the meeting short."
20.AdverbUnawares."The recent developments at work caught them short.; We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm."
21.AdverbWithout achieving a goal or requirement."His speech fell short of what was expected."
22.AdverbRelatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
23.AdverbWith a negative ownership position."We went short most finance companies in July."
24.NounA short circuit."The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring."
25.NounA short film.
A short-form vertical video.
26.NounA short-form vertical video.
27.NounA short version of a garment in a particular size."38 short suits fit me right off the rack.; Do you have that size in a short?"
28.NounA shortstop."Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."
29.NounA short seller."The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne."
30.NounA short sale or short position."He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months."
31.NounA summary account.
32.NounA short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
33.NounAn integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
34.NounAn automobile."crack shorts"
35.VerbTo cause a short circuit in (something)."You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it."
36.VerbTo short circuit.
37.VerbTo provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange."This is the third time I've caught them shorting us."
38.VerbTo 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.
39.VerbTo shorten.
40.PrepositionDeficient in."We are short a few men on the second shift.; He's short common sense."
41.PrepositionHaving a negative position in."I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend."