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Words with a similar base: short, short-change, short-circuit, short_circuit, shortly, shortsighted, shortstop

'short'

[short.n.01] as in: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

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[short_circuit.n.01] as in: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

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[shortstop.n.02] as in: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

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[short-change.v.01] as in: cheat someone by not returning him enough money

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[short-circuit.v.02] as in: create a short circuit in

'short'

[short.a.01] as in: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

Examples:
a short life
a short flight
a short holiday
a short story
only a few short months

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[short.a.02] as in: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

Examples:
short skirts
short hair
the board was a foot short
a short toss

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[short.a.03] as in: low in stature; not tall

Examples:
he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack
a little man

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[inadequate.s.01] as in: not sufficient to meet a need

Examples:
an inadequate income
a poor salary
money is short
on short rations
food is in short supply
short on experience

'short'

[unretentive.a.01] as in: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

Examples:
a short memory

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[short.a.06] as in: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

Examples:
a short sale
short in cotton

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[short.a.07] as in: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

Examples:
the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short

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[light.s.10] as in: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

Examples:
a light pound
a scant cup of sugar
regularly gives short weight

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[short.s.03] as in: lacking foresight or scope

Examples:
a short view of the problem
shortsighted policies
shortsighted critics derided the plan
myopic thinking

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[short.s.04] as in: tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

Examples:
shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
a short flaky pie crust

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[brusque.s.01] as in: marked by rude or peremptory shortness

Examples:
try to cultivate a less brusque manner
a curt reply
the salesgirl was very short with him

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[abruptly.r.01] as in: quickly and without warning

Examples:
he stopped suddenly

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[short.r.02] as in: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

Examples:
he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash

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[short.r.03] as in: clean across

Examples:
the car's axle snapped short

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[short.r.04] as in: at some point or distance before a goal is reached

Examples:
he fell short of our expectations

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[short.r.05] as in: so as to interrupt

Examples:
She took him up short before he could continue

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[short.r.06] as in: at a disadvantage

Examples:
I was caught short

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[curtly.r.01] as in: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

Examples:
he told me curtly to get on with it
he talked short with everyone
he said shortly that he didn't like it

Origins

					short (English)
└── short (Middle English (1100-1500))