short
Definition of
short
:
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
the
fielding
position
of the
player
on
a
baseball
team
who
is stationed
between
second
and
third
base
cheat
someone
by
not
returning
him
enough
money
create
a
short
circuit
in
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"
(
primarily
spatial
sense
) having
little
length
or
lacking
in
length
;
"
short
skirts"
;
"
short
hair
"
;
"the
board
was
a
foot
short
"
;
"
a
short
toss
"
low
in
stature
;
not
tall
;
"
he
was
short
and
stocky
"
;
"
short
in
stature
"
;
"
a
short
smokestack
"
;
"
a
little
man
"
not
sufficient
to
meet
a
need
;
"
an
inadequate
income
"
;
"
a
poor
salary
"
;
"
money
is
short
"
;
"
on
short
rations"
;
"
food
is
in
short
supply
"
;
"
short
on
experience
"
(of
memory
)
deficient
in
retentiveness
or
range
;
"
a
short
memory
"
not
holding
securities
or
commodities that
one
sells
in
expectation
of
a
fall
in
prices;
"
a
short
sale
"
;
"
short
in
cotton
"
of
speech
sounds
or
syllables of
relatively
short
duration
;
"the
English
vowel
sounds
in
`
pat
', `
pet
', `
pit
', `
pot
',
putt
'
are
short
"
less
than the
correct
or
legal
or
full
amount
often
deliberately
so
;
"
a
light
pound
"
;
"
a
scant
cup
of
sugar
"
;
"
regularly
gives
short
weight
"
lacking
foresight
or
scope
;
"
a
short
view
of the
problem
"
;
"
shortsighted
policies"
;
"
shortsighted
critics derided the
plan
"
;
"
myopic
thinking
"
tending
to
crumble
or
break
into flakes
due
to
a
large
amount
of
shortening
;
"
shortbread
is
a
short
crumbly
cookie
"
;
"
a
short
flaky
pie
crust
"
marked
by
rude
or
peremptory
shortness
;
"
try
to
cultivate
a
less
brusque
manner
"
;
"
a
curt
reply
"
;
"the
salesgirl
was
very
short
with him"
quickly
and without
warning
;
"
he
stopped
suddenly
"
without possessing something
at
the
time
it
is
contractually
sold
;
"
he
made
his
fortune
by
selling
short
just
before
the
crash
"
clean
across
;
"the
car
'
s
axle
snapped
short
"
at
some
point
or
distance
before
a
goal
is reached;
"
he
fell
short
of our expectations"
so
as
to
interrupt
;
"She took him
up
short
before
he
could
continue
"
at
a
disadvantage
;
"
I
was caught
short
"
in
a
curt
,
abrupt
and
discourteous
manner
;
"
he
told
me
curtly
to
get
on
with
it
"
;
"
he
talked
short
with everyone"
;
"
he
said
shortly
that
he
didn'
t
like
it
"
Enron mail blog
,
Enron mail archive
,
Loan Morph
,
Pseudo Words
,
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
,
Stock Morph
,
HostMon
,
Chess Morph
,
Search Morph
,
News Morph
,
I'm Sorry Dave - Dave's weblog
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